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.

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A feast only for Scicli

A colourful floor

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A talking palace

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

Discovering the mother church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A symbol for the town

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The church of Carmine

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A long reconstruction

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A prominent church

The Baroque town by the sea

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A new site for a new city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

A majestic and luminous church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The colours of the cathedral

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A miniature city

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

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

An eagle-shaped city

Prominent façade

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

New roads for Catania

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

From International Gothic to present day

A hall for the feasts

Feast days

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A museum to save a tradition

A city in colour

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A square as the heart of the city

The two churches

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Searching for colour

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The city of museums

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The theatre of taste

Some masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Burgos crucifix

Wonderful quick decorations

The Maiolica of the staircase

One city, three sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Between white and black

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The internal colours

A small room with a golden entrance

The interior and its masterpieces

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

The disastrous earthquake

The chocolate of Modica

Some prestigious works

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

A new site for a new church

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

One city, two sites

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A triumph of colour