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 new palace for the La Rocca lords

A square as the heart of the city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

The Burgos crucifix

New roads for Catania

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Wonderful quick decorations

The Maiolica of the staircase

A long reconstruction

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

A triumph of colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A miniature city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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The two churches

A talking palace

A museum to save a tradition

Between white and black

The church of Carmine

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

The Staircase of Angels

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The theatre of taste

Searching for colour

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The chocolate of Modica

An eagle-shaped city

A small room with a golden entrance

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Discovering the mother church

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A colourful floor

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A majestic and luminous church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A half-Baroque church

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Some prestigious works

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new city

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

The internal colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Many owners, one palace

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new site for a new church

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A feast only for Scicli

The wall comes to life

Norman apses

A prominent church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The colours of the cathedral

Prominent façade

The interior and its masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A hall for the feasts

Some masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

The disastrous earthquake

Limestone, the colour of harmony

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

One city, three sites

Feast days

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A symbol for the town

From International Gothic to present day

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century