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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The chocolate of Modica

A half-Baroque church

Many owners, one palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Prominent façade

A hall for the feasts

A triumph of colour

A colourful floor

An eagle-shaped city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

New roads for Catania

A talking palace

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

A miniature city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

One city, three sites

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Staircase of Angels

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A symbol for the town

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

The church of Carmine

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Feast days

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Searching for colour

A city in colour

The Burgos crucifix

The disastrous earthquake

Wonderful quick decorations

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The city of museums

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

A majestic and luminous church

A feast only for Scicli

Norman apses

Discovering the mother church

A small room with a golden entrance

Between white and black

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A prominent church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A long reconstruction

Feasting in Palazzolo

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

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

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

From International Gothic to present day

The theatre of taste

The colours of the cathedral

The two churches

The wall comes to life

The internal colours

Some masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Some prestigious works

Limestone, the colour of harmony