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.

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A colourful floor

One city, two sites

A museum to save a tradition

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The chocolate of Modica

A talking palace

New roads for Catania

The colours of the cathedral

An eagle-shaped city

A prominent church

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some prestigious works

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A small room with a golden entrance

Between white and black

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The interior and its masterpieces

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The city of museums

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The two churches

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A symbol for the town

One city, three sites

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

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A majestic and luminous church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A miniature city

A long reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A half-Baroque church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A triumph of colour

Two illustrious patron saints

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Norman apses

Feasting in Palazzolo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The internal colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Some masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

Feast days

A new site for a new city

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

Discovering the mother church

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A city in colour

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The theatre of taste

A feast only for Scicli

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Many owners, one palace

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

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

From International Gothic to present day

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

The disastrous earthquake

The wall comes to life