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 Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new site for a new church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A colourful floor

A majestic and luminous church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Burgos crucifix

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Some masterpieces

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The disastrous earthquake

A hall for the feasts

Between white and black

The chocolate of Modica

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Staircase of Angels

The church of Carmine

Prominent façade

The interior and its masterpieces

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New roads for Catania

A small room with a golden entrance

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The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A miniature city

Norman apses

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

A museum to save a tradition

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A city in colour

One city, three sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Two illustrious patron saints

The colours of the cathedral

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The wall comes to life

A long reconstruction

Some prestigious works

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A symbol for the town

The Maiolica of the staircase

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, two sites

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new city

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

An eagle-shaped city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feasting in Palazzolo

Wonderful quick decorations

A triumph of colour

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Baroque town by the sea

The theatre of taste

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The internal colours

Searching for colour

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A square as the heart of the city

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A half-Baroque church

Discovering the mother church

Feast days

A feast only for Scicli

From International Gothic to present day

A talking palace

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The two churches

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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