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.

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, three sites

The church of Carmine

Prominent façade

A symbol for the town

A new site for a new church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

From International Gothic to present day

Some prestigious works

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

An eagle-shaped city

Norman apses

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The city of museums

Wonderful quick decorations

A museum to save a tradition

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

A new site for a new city

A hall for the feasts

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

Discovering the mother church

New roads for Catania

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A colourful floor

The disastrous earthquake

Between white and black

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Feast days

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

The two churches

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The theatre of taste

The chocolate of Modica

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Many owners, one palace

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

A miniature city

The interior and its masterpieces

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A prominent church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some masterpieces

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The internal colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A talking palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

A city in colour

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A square as the heart of the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Baroque town by the sea

The wall comes to life

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A long reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A majestic and luminous church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A small room with a golden entrance

The Burgos crucifix

Two illustrious patron saints

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Limestone, the colour of harmony