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 senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

Discovering the mother church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, two sites

A long reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

A prominent church

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

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Norman apses

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Prominent façade

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The interior and its masterpieces

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

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

A hall for the feasts

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A triumph of colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Between white and black

A miniature city

A small room with a golden entrance

The wall comes to life

The internal colours

An eagle-shaped city

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The colours of the cathedral

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

New roads for Catania

Some masterpieces

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Some prestigious works

Many owners, one palace

Searching for colour

The Maiolica of the staircase

The two churches

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The church of Carmine

A square as the heart of the city

The Burgos crucifix

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A museum to save a tradition

The Baroque town by the sea

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Two illustrious patron saints

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

A talking palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A colourful floor

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The disastrous earthquake

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A majestic and luminous church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Feast days

A feast only for Scicli

The chocolate of Modica

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A half-Baroque church

The Staircase of Angels

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new site for a new city

The façade used as a puppet theatre