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.

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

A majestic and luminous church

The colours of the cathedral

The wall comes to life

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

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

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

A symbol for the town

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The disastrous earthquake

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A feast only for Scicli

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A colourful floor

A small room with a golden entrance

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

Feast days

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

An eagle-shaped city

Discovering the mother church

The church of Carmine

A museum to save a tradition

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

One city, two sites

The Burgos crucifix

Many owners, one palace

Searching for colour

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The theatre of taste

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A triumph of colour

A new site for a new church

New roads for Catania

Norman apses

The Maiolica of the staircase

From International Gothic to present day

The city of museums

The internal colours

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A long reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A half-Baroque church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new city

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A square as the heart of the city

A prominent church

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

Prominent façade

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Wonderful quick decorations

The chocolate of Modica

A hall for the feasts

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Staircase of Angels

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The two churches

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

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A city in colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The interior and its masterpieces

A talking palace

Some masterpieces

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Feasting in Palazzolo

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto