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.

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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The disastrous earthquake

A symbol for the town

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The internal colours

The two churches

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A miniature city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A colourful floor

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A majestic and luminous church

A city in colour

From International Gothic to present day

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The theatre of taste

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A triumph of colour

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A talking palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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A feast only for Scicli

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The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Two illustrious patron saints

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A square as the heart of the city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Discovering the mother church

The Baroque town by the sea

The Maiolica of the staircase

Many owners, one palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A half-Baroque church

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A new site for a new city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

The church of Carmine

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The city of museums

The colours of the cathedral

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Feasting in Palazzolo

One city, three sites

New roads for Catania

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Burgos crucifix

The chocolate of Modica

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

An eagle-shaped city

Norman apses

Prominent façade

Some prestigious works

A long reconstruction

Feast days

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some masterpieces

The Staircase of Angels

Between white and black

A hall for the feasts

One city, two sites

A small room with a golden entrance

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The wall comes to life

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

A museum to save a tradition

The interior and its masterpieces