Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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Many materials

Wood, white marble, colourful marble, canvas and gold are some of the materials used to compose the church’s works, each with different characteristics.
The smooth marble of the main altar contrasts with the irregular surface of the Solomonic columns of the rough and porous façade.
The hardness of the panel is completely different to the softness of the Tanasi’s Annunciation painting-artists must always take into account the type of material they are going to paint on or sculpt.

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The colours of the church

So many colours for one church!
The white stone of the façade shines as soon as a ray of sunshine hits it.
Inside, the floor has a hypnotic effect thanks to its decoration based on the contrast between the white and dark grey stone slabs.
The main altar, where the artist created a valuable piece of work, is a genuine triumph of colour thanks to the skilful combination of blue, red, yellow and white.

A hall for the feasts

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

The Baroque town by the sea

A museum to save a tradition

A feast only for Scicli

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Between white and black

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A half-Baroque church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A miniature city

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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Prominent façade

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new site for a new city

Feast days

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Searching for colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

New roads for Catania

Many owners, one palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

Norman apses

A talking palace

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Wonderful quick decorations

The chocolate of Modica

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

A small room with a golden entrance

A long reconstruction

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Staircase of Angels

The wall comes to life

An eagle-shaped city

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A colourful floor

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The theatre of taste

A symbol for the town

The Maiolica of the staircase

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

From International Gothic to present day

Some masterpieces

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The interior and its masterpieces

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A triumph of colour

A square as the heart of the city

One city, two sites

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

The internal colours

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The two churches

The city of museums

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A city in colour

The disastrous earthquake

The church of Carmine

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Two illustrious patron saints

Feasting in Palazzolo