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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Staircase of Angels

Norman apses

A museum to save a tradition

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some masterpieces

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The internal colours

A colourful floor

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

New roads for Catania

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A new site for a new church

The colours of the cathedral

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From International Gothic to present day

The interior and its masterpieces

The disastrous earthquake

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A feast only for Scicli

A square as the heart of the city

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A small room with a golden entrance

Some prestigious works

One city, two sites

A new site for a new city

An eagle-shaped city

Discovering the mother church

Wonderful quick decorations

A city in colour

A miniature city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

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

A half-Baroque church

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Prominent façade

A triumph of colour

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Feast days

The two churches

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A majestic and luminous church

One city, three sites

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

Searching for colour

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Modica, a city with ancient origins

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The chocolate of Modica

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The wall comes to life

A prominent church

A talking palace

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

A symbol for the town

The church of Carmine

The Burgos crucifix

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The city of museums

Between white and black

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A long reconstruction

The theatre of taste

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph