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

A museum to save a tradition

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Prominent façade

The chocolate of Modica

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

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A square as the heart of the city

Norman apses

A triumph of colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Many owners, one palace

The internal colours

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A colourful floor

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Searching for colour

A half-Baroque church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Two illustrious patron saints

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The theatre of taste

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The two churches

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

A miniature city

One city, two sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A small room with a golden entrance

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Feast days

Discovering the mother church

The Burgos crucifix

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

A feast only for Scicli

The colours of the cathedral

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Staircase of Angels

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

From International Gothic to present day

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

An eagle-shaped city

Some prestigious works

The Baroque town by the sea

A new site for a new city

The Maiolica of the staircase

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

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

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A long reconstruction

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A city in colour

Between white and black

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A hall for the feasts

The wall comes to life

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Feasting in Palazzolo

The city of museums

Wonderful quick decorations

A new site for a new church

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

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

A talking palace

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A majestic and luminous church

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

A symbol for the town

The church of Carmine

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph