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.

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A talking palace

A square as the heart of the city

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Prominent façade

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Searching for colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Norman apses

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Maiolica of the staircase

A colourful floor

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Some masterpieces

The interior and its masterpieces

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

The church of Carmine

The Burgos crucifix

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The wall comes to life

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

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The colours of the cathedral

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A miniature city

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Baroque town by the sea

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Many owners, one palace

The city of museums

A feast only for Scicli

A museum to save a tradition

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

The chocolate of Modica

A new site for a new church

The two churches

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

The Staircase of Angels

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The theatre of taste

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The internal colours

One city, three sites

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Between white and black

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A symbol for the town

A half-Baroque church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A city in colour

The disastrous earthquake

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Two illustrious patron saints

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Some prestigious works

A long reconstruction

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A new site for a new city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A small room with a golden entrance

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

One city, two sites

Feast days

A prominent church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town