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 Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A half-Baroque church

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Feast days

Between white and black

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From International Gothic to present day

A feast only for Scicli

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The wall comes to life

The interior and its masterpieces

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

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Prominent façade

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

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

The internal colours

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A square as the heart of the city

A colourful floor

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Norman apses

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, two sites

A symbol for the town

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A miniature city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A prominent church

The Burgos crucifix

An eagle-shaped city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The two churches

Many owners, one palace

A small room with a golden entrance

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The church of Carmine

New roads for Catania

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The disastrous earthquake

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Discovering the mother church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

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

The city of museums

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Maiolica of the staircase

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A talking palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

A long reconstruction

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A triumph of colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Some prestigious works

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Searching for colour

The colours of the cathedral

The Staircase of Angels

A museum to save a tradition

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A majestic and luminous church

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The theatre of taste

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A hall for the feasts

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Some masterpieces

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The chocolate of Modica

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

One city, three sites

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