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

A long reconstruction

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Burgos crucifix

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Between white and black

Many owners, one palace

Some masterpieces

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

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

The chocolate of Modica

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Wonderful quick decorations

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Staircase of Angels

Some prestigious works

A square as the heart of the city

One city, two sites

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A majestic and luminous church

A prominent church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new site for a new church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

A city in colour

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The interior and its masterpieces

A small room with a golden entrance

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

From International Gothic to present day

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

New roads for Catania

The internal colours

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A miniature city

The Baroque town by the sea

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

Feast days

Feasting in Palazzolo

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The disastrous earthquake

The Maiolica of the staircase

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Prominent façade

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

A symbol for the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A colourful floor

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The two churches

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

A hall for the feasts

A talking palace

Two illustrious patron saints

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The colours of the cathedral

A new site for a new city

The city of museums

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church of Carmine

Searching for colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Discovering the mother church

A half-Baroque church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

Norman apses

A museum to save a tradition

One city, three sites