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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A colourful floor

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Limestone, the colour of harmony

From International Gothic to present day

The wall comes to life

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The city of museums

Feasting in Palazzolo

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The disastrous earthquake

A hall for the feasts

A triumph of colour

The colours of the cathedral

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

Discovering the mother church

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A miniature city

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Norman apses

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Between white and black

Feast days

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A feast only for Scicli

The two churches

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

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

New roads for Catania

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Prominent façade

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

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

Some prestigious works

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Some masterpieces

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

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

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Staircase of Angels

A majestic and luminous church

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Two illustrious patron saints

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

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The internal colours

Searching for colour

A long reconstruction

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A city in colour

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The chocolate of Modica

The theatre of taste

Many owners, one palace

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The church of Carmine

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A museum to save a tradition

The Burgos crucifix

One city, two sites

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

An eagle-shaped city

A symbol for the town

A talking palace

A new site for a new city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A half-Baroque church