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 talking palace

Prominent façade

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Feast days

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The church of Carmine

The Burgos crucifix

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A square as the heart of the city

A small room with a golden entrance

The Maiolica of the staircase

A half-Baroque church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The two churches

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

A feast only for Scicli

Between white and black

The theatre of taste

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A triumph of colour

A new site for a new church

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A museum to save a tradition

One city, two sites

Searching for colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The disastrous earthquake

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A prominent church

Some masterpieces

A symbol for the town

One city, three sites

A city in colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

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

Some prestigious works

The city of museums

The internal colours

Limestone, the colour of harmony

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new site for a new city

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

A hall for the feasts

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A colourful floor

New roads for Catania

Two illustrious patron saints

Many owners, one palace

The wall comes to life

From International Gothic to present day

An eagle-shaped city

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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 chocolate of Modica

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Discovering the mother church

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Norman apses

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Baroque town by the sea

Wonderful quick decorations

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The colours of the cathedral

A long reconstruction

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci