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.

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Feast days

The city of museums

A prominent church

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Two illustrious patron saints

A hall for the feasts

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

One city, three sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Discovering the mother church

The internal colours

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

The colours of the cathedral

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The chocolate of Modica

A new site for a new city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A majestic and luminous church

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A city in colour

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

A talking palace

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, two sites

Some prestigious works

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

New roads for Catania

The two churches

A half-Baroque church

A square as the heart of the city

Wonderful quick decorations

The disastrous earthquake

A small room with a golden entrance

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Staircase of Angels

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A colourful floor

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A triumph of colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Some masterpieces

The wall comes to life

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The interior and its masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

The Maiolica of the staircase

A long reconstruction

Norman apses

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A feast only for Scicli

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

A miniature city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Searching for colour

A symbol for the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Between white and black

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

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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