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.

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A long reconstruction

The internal colours

The theatre of taste

A miniature city

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A half-Baroque church

Wonderful quick decorations

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The interior and its masterpieces

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

A square as the heart of the city

The chocolate of Modica

The colours of the cathedral

A triumph of colour

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A hall for the feasts

Some prestigious works

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

From International Gothic to present day

The two churches

A colourful floor

Two illustrious patron saints

The church of Carmine

The Maiolica of the staircase

A majestic and luminous church

A new site for a new city

One city, three sites

Searching for colour

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The city of museums

A museum to save a tradition

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A symbol for the town

The Staircase of Angels

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The disastrous earthquake

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

One city, two sites

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A small room with a golden entrance

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

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

Many owners, one palace

Some masterpieces

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Burgos crucifix

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A city in colour

Norman apses

Discovering the mother church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

New roads for Catania

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feast days

An eagle-shaped city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Between white and black

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Baroque town by the sea

A prominent church

Prominent façade

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano