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.

An eagle-shaped city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Between white and black

New roads for Catania

A small room with a golden entrance

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A feast only for Scicli

A new site for a new city

The internal colours

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A long reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The city of museums

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

Some prestigious works

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Maiolica of the staircase

A miniature city

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

A museum to save a tradition

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

A talking palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

The wall comes to life

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A hall for the feasts

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

The Baroque town by the sea

Norman apses

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The chocolate of Modica

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A prominent church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Searching for colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Staircase of Angels

A square as the heart of the city

One city, two sites

Wonderful quick decorations

Feast days

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Feasting in Palazzolo

The theatre of taste

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The church of Carmine

The two churches

From International Gothic to present day

A new site for a new church

The Burgos crucifix

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A half-Baroque church

One city, three sites

The interior and its masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A symbol for the town

A colourful floor

A majestic and luminous church

The disastrous earthquake

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Some masterpieces

Prominent façade

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Discovering the mother church