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.

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The city of museums

St. Sebastian, so much work!

New roads for Catania

A talking palace

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

Feast days

A majestic and luminous church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A hall for the feasts

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The chocolate of Modica

The Burgos crucifix

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Baroque town by the sea

A prominent church

Between white and black

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Prominent façade

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The wall comes to life

Many owners, one palace

A new site for a new city

A small room with a golden entrance

A long reconstruction

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The church of Carmine

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Norman apses

Feasting in Palazzolo

A museum to save a tradition

A new site for a new church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The disastrous earthquake

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The interior and its masterpieces

Searching for colour

From International Gothic to present day

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A city in colour

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Wonderful quick decorations

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A miniature city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

The Staircase of Angels

A symbol for the town

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Two illustrious patron saints

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A triumph of colour

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Some prestigious works

The internal colours

Some masterpieces

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

The two churches

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

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The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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An eagle-shaped city

A half-Baroque church

A feast only for Scicli

The Maiolica of the staircase

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

One city, three sites

A colourful floor

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Discovering the mother church

One city, two sites

The theatre of taste

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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