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 chocolate of Modica

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The church of Carmine

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The theatre of taste

A long reconstruction

A city in colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A colourful floor

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

The Burgos crucifix

The colours of the cathedral

The internal colours

From International Gothic to present day

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A new site for a new church

An eagle-shaped city

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

A majestic and luminous church

A small room with a golden entrance

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Two illustrious patron saints

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

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A talking palace

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

St. Sebastian, so much work!

New roads for Catania

A prominent church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Staircase of Angels

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

One city, two sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The city of museums

Discovering the mother church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Some prestigious works

Searching for colour

A half-Baroque church

The wall comes to life

Some masterpieces

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

One city, three sites

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A triumph of colour

The two churches

A hall for the feasts

The disastrous earthquake

The interior and its masterpieces

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

A feast only for Scicli

The Baroque town by the sea

A miniature city

Norman apses

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A symbol for the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A square as the heart of the city

A museum to save a tradition

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Between white and black

Feast days

Many owners, one palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

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