Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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Many materials

Wood, white marble, colourful marble, canvas and gold are some of the materials used to compose the church’s works, each with different characteristics.
The smooth marble of the main altar contrasts with the irregular surface of the Solomonic columns of the rough and porous façade.
The hardness of the panel is completely different to the softness of the Tanasi’s Annunciation painting-artists must always take into account the type of material they are going to paint on or sculpt.

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The colours of the church

So many colours for one church!
The white stone of the façade shines as soon as a ray of sunshine hits it.
Inside, the floor has a hypnotic effect thanks to its decoration based on the contrast between the white and dark grey stone slabs.
The main altar, where the artist created a valuable piece of work, is a genuine triumph of colour thanks to the skilful combination of blue, red, yellow and white.

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

A city in colour

A triumph of colour

The city of museums

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A square as the heart of the city

The Maiolica of the staircase

The wall comes to life

One city, three sites

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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Many owners, one palace

The façade used as a puppet theatre

One city, two sites

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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A long reconstruction

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

New roads for Catania

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The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A colourful floor

A new site for a new church

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The chocolate of Modica

Some masterpieces

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

The internal colours

The two churches

A half-Baroque church

Some prestigious works

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Prominent façade

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Two illustrious patron saints

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The church of Carmine

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Staircase of Angels

A talking palace

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Feasting in Palazzolo

Norman apses

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The colours of the cathedral

The Burgos crucifix

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The interior and its masterpieces

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A miniature city

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The disastrous earthquake

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Between white and black

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

Discovering the mother church

The theatre of taste

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A small room with a golden entrance

A prominent church

From International Gothic to present day

A symbol for the town

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Feast days

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Wonderful quick decorations

A hall for the feasts

The Baroque town by the sea

A new site for a new city

An eagle-shaped city

A feast only for Scicli

Searching for colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

A majestic and luminous church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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