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.

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Feast days

Many owners, one palace

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A talking palace

Prominent façade

Searching for colour

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Staircase of Angels

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A hall for the feasts

The chocolate of Modica

A museum to save a tradition

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

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

A majestic and luminous church

A small room with a golden entrance

Wonderful quick decorations

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A triumph of colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A feast only for Scicli

New roads for Catania

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A new site for a new city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Norman apses

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Modica, a city with ancient origins

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The two churches

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The church of Carmine

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Baroque town by the sea

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Feasting in Palazzolo

An eagle-shaped city

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Two illustrious patron saints

The interior and its masterpieces

The theatre of taste

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

From International Gothic to present day

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Some masterpieces

A prominent church

The Burgos crucifix

One city, two sites

A colourful floor

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The disastrous earthquake

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A long reconstruction

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The colours of the cathedral

Between white and black

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

A new site for a new church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A symbol for the town

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Some prestigious works

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

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A city in colour

The internal colours