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.

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Many owners, one palace

The theatre of taste

A hall for the feasts

A small room with a golden entrance

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

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The interior and its masterpieces

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

New roads for Catania

Discovering the mother church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A city in colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A museum to save a tradition

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

A new site for a new city

A new site for a new church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Wonderful quick decorations

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Searching for colour

The wall comes to life

The Staircase of Angels

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A long reconstruction

Prominent façade

The Burgos crucifix

A talking palace

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The chocolate of Modica

The two churches

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A prominent church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A miniature city

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

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The colours of the cathedral

The Maiolica of the staircase

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

From International Gothic to present day

A triumph of colour

The Baroque town by the sea

A majestic and luminous church

Feasting in Palazzolo

Some masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

The internal colours

A symbol for the town

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

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The church of Carmine

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feast days

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A square as the heart of the city

A feast only for Scicli

Some prestigious works

An eagle-shaped city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A colourful floor

The city of museums