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.

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The chocolate of Modica

The Maiolica of the staircase

A prominent church

Between white and black

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

One city, three sites

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new church

A long reconstruction

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The colours of the cathedral

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A majestic and luminous church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A colourful floor

The internal colours

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Feast days

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Prominent façade

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A miniature city

One city, two sites

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Baroque town by the sea

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Wonderful quick decorations

Discovering the mother church

A small room with a golden entrance

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The city of museums

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

A museum to save a tradition

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

The Burgos crucifix

A feast only for Scicli

A triumph of colour

Many owners, one palace

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A hall for the feasts

From International Gothic to present day

The church of Carmine

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The theatre of taste

The Staircase of Angels

Searching for colour

The interior and its masterpieces

Some masterpieces

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

Two illustrious patron saints

An eagle-shaped city

The two churches

The disastrous earthquake

The wall comes to life

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Norman apses

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

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

A half-Baroque church

Feasting in Palazzolo

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A talking palace

A symbol for the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A city in colour

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new site for a new city