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.

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

A majestic and luminous church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A half-Baroque church

A prominent church

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

Prominent façade

Searching for colour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Discovering the mother church

New roads for Catania

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Staircase of Angels

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

One city, three sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A colourful floor

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A long reconstruction

The interior and its masterpieces

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The disastrous earthquake

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

A museum to save a tradition

A feast only for Scicli

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Maiolica of the staircase

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new city

The two churches

The internal colours

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A symbol for the town

From International Gothic to present day

The wall comes to life

The Burgos crucifix

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Baroque town by the sea

The church of Carmine

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The theatre of taste

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Two illustrious patron saints

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A square as the heart of the city

Some prestigious works

A small room with a golden entrance

Some masterpieces

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A city in colour

A miniature city

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A triumph of colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Feast days

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A talking palace

An eagle-shaped city

Norman apses

The colours of the cathedral

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

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

The chocolate of Modica

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

Many owners, one palace