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.

Norman apses

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From International Gothic to present day

A square as the heart of the city

The theatre of taste

The colours of the cathedral

The two churches

The Burgos crucifix

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Searching for colour

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Discovering the mother church

The city of museums

The church of Carmine

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

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

A city in colour

A feast only for Scicli

A half-Baroque church

Feasting in Palazzolo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Between white and black

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

A colourful floor

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

The chocolate of Modica

A triumph of colour

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A majestic and luminous church

Feast days

Prominent façade

A hall for the feasts

Two illustrious patron saints

New roads for Catania

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

An eagle-shaped city

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

A miniature city

One city, three sites

The wall comes to life

A symbol for the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A prominent church

Some masterpieces

A new site for a new church

Many owners, one palace

A small room with a golden entrance

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Staircase of Angels

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

One city, two sites

Some prestigious works

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A talking palace

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The internal colours

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

A new site for a new city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A museum to save a tradition

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Baroque town by the sea

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Wonderful quick decorations

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A long reconstruction

The interior and its masterpieces