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.

From International Gothic to present day

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The disastrous earthquake

A miniature city

A symbol for the town

Some prestigious works

The internal colours

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

Between white and black

Many owners, one palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Staircase of Angels

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A hall for the feasts

Two illustrious patron saints

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

One city, three sites

New roads for Catania

Searching for colour

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Baroque town by the sea

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The colours of the cathedral

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

Prominent façade

Feast days

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

A feast only for Scicli

One city, two sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A talking palace

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

The church of Carmine

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The two churches

The interior and its masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A colourful floor

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

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

An eagle-shaped city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The city of museums

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Norman apses

The Burgos crucifix

A museum to save a tradition

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A city in colour

A long reconstruction

The Maiolica of the staircase

A half-Baroque church

A majestic and luminous church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The theatre of taste

A prominent church

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

A square as the heart of the city

The chocolate of Modica

The wall comes to life

A new site for a new city

A small room with a golden entrance

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A triumph of colour

Some masterpieces

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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