Palazzolo Acreide

The city of museums

Palazzolo Acreide is an active and eventful town.
In the town centre there are some interesting museums that tell the story of Palazzolo and new technology. For example, there is the Museo dell’Informatica Funzionante in Via Carnevale 17, founded by three organisations passionate about computer science.
At the museum, visitors both in person and remotely via the Internet can learn about the history of computer science, use historical computers and learn how they worked.
Another museum is the Museo dei Viaggiatori in Sicilia located in Palazzo Vaccaro. It is home to the engravings of artists and architects who over the centuries have drawn the monuments, costumes, natural phenomena and exotic plants of Sicily. Next is the Gabriele Judica Archaeological Museum in Palazzo Cappellani, which houses findings from the ancient Greek city of Akrai: vases, everyday objects, a Greek stele, ointments and prehistoric artefacts. Last but not least is the Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum .
 
Here, local tradition is housed inside the noble palace of the Ferla family.
In the museum you can find objects that document rural life: tools used by shepherds, furniture and everyday ceramics, figurines from nativity scenes, puppets and typical carts , veritable works of art of Sicilian craftsmanship.
 


Just outside the town centre you can visit the archaeological site of Akrai and the Santa Lucia Water Mill, managed by the Association for the Conservation of Hyblaean Popular Culture.

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

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church of Carmine

New roads for Catania

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A museum to save a tradition

Wonderful quick decorations

Some prestigious works

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

A new site for a new city

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

A long reconstruction

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The wall comes to life

A city in colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Burgos crucifix

The disastrous earthquake

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A talking palace

The theatre of taste

One city, two sites

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The internal colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A square as the heart of the city

An eagle-shaped city

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The chocolate of Modica

Searching for colour

A hall for the feasts

The façade used as a puppet theatre

One city, three sites

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The two churches

A colourful floor

The interior and its masterpieces

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A triumph of colour

Norman apses

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Prominent façade

Feasting in Palazzolo

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Some masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

A new site for a new church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

From International Gothic to present day

A feast only for Scicli

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

The colours of the cathedral

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A prominent church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A majestic and luminous church

Feast days

A symbol for the town

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Between white and black

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Staircase of Angels

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Many owners, one palace

A half-Baroque church

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

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento