Palazzolo Acreide

Some masterpieces

The church houses splendid works that complete and decorate the interior.
The altar area definitely attracts attention. Composed of a series of wonderful elements, the structure behind the altar is a carving masterpiece.
La struttura dietro l’altare La struttura dietro l’altare
It is richly elaborate and a dozen columns surmounted by putto heads complete the composition. The same attention to detail can be found in the use of colour on the lower part of the structure, completely in marble; the artist chose and combined fragments of blue, red, yellow and white marble.

A little above the altar is the painting by Paolo Tanasi completed in 1827.
The work depicts the Annunciation , one of the most important moments in Christian history when the angel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the Messiah. Tanasi chose well-defined colours such as yellow, which highlights the shape of the angel, and blue, which emphasises the corporeality of the Virgin Mary.
In the transept you can see the Madonna del Carmelo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) completely covered in gold. She shines from afar and demands attention. The right nave houses the statue of Santa Teresa (St. Theresa) and as usual, above one of the altars is the depiction of the Holy Family, the Virgin Mary, the Child and John the Baptist.
Un dipinto, dietro l’altare raffigura l’Annunciazione la statua di Santa Teresa Madonna del Carmelo, nel transetto

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A museum to save a tradition

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A colourful floor

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Connections with other UNESCO sites

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Searching for colour

The two churches

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Burgos crucifix

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

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

An eagle-shaped city

The Maiolica of the staircase

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new city

A half-Baroque church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Prominent façade

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The wall comes to life

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The façade used as a puppet theatre

One city, three sites

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

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

A miniature city

A long reconstruction

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

A symbol for the town

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

Between white and black

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 interior and its masterpieces

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A feast only for Scicli

A small room with a golden entrance

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

Discovering the mother church

Some prestigious works

Two illustrious patron saints

A new site for a new church

Many owners, one palace

The church of Carmine

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The city of museums

Feasting in Palazzolo

A hall for the feasts

The disastrous earthquake

A prominent church

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Staircase of Angels

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A triumph of colour

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, two sites

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

The chocolate of Modica

A city in colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Norman apses

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

From International Gothic to present day

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

Feast days

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras