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 Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A symbol for the town

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A city in colour

A colourful floor

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

One city, two sites

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Burgos crucifix

The church of Carmine

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Feast days

Two illustrious patron saints

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

New roads for Catania

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A small room with a golden entrance

The city of museums

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The theatre of taste

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Norman apses

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The two churches

A long reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

Prominent façade

The interior and its masterpieces

A prominent church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A new site for a new church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A majestic and luminous church

A feast only for Scicli

The colours of the cathedral

The wall comes to life

A hall for the feasts

Between white and black

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Baroque town by the sea

A half-Baroque church

Some prestigious works

From International Gothic to present day

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

One city, three sites

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A miniature city

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A square as the heart of the city

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

Discovering the mother church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A triumph of colour

The disastrous earthquake

The Staircase of Angels

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

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Many owners, one palace

A new site for a new city

The internal colours

Wonderful quick decorations

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Some masterpieces

An eagle-shaped city

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

Searching for colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?