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.

New roads for Catania

Some masterpieces

A colourful floor

A half-Baroque church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, two sites

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

A museum to save a tradition

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Wonderful quick decorations

A majestic and luminous church

The two churches

Prominent façade

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church of Carmine

A small room with a golden entrance

Feast days

Many owners, one palace

The colours of the cathedral

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Discovering the mother church

An eagle-shaped city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

A triumph of colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A symbol for the town

A square as the heart of the city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Burgos crucifix

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The wall comes to life

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The chocolate of Modica

The city of museums

A prominent church

Some prestigious works

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A talking palace

The Staircase of Angels

The internal colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

From International Gothic to present day

Feasting in Palazzolo

A new site for a new church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Between white and black

Two illustrious patron saints

Searching for colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A hall for the feasts

One city, three sites

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

A miniature city

A city in colour

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The disastrous earthquake

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A feast only for Scicli

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom