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.

A small room with a golden entrance

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A new site for a new city

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Feasting in Palazzolo

The Maiolica of the staircase

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The internal colours

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

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St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new site for a new church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A museum to save a tradition

A miniature city

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The chocolate of Modica

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

Searching for colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A long reconstruction

From International Gothic to present day

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

An eagle-shaped city

A half-Baroque church

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A talking palace

Wonderful quick decorations

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Between white and black

A triumph of colour

Many owners, one palace

The wall comes to life

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A city in colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Norman apses

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Prominent façade

Some prestigious works

A prominent church

The two churches

Discovering the mother church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The disastrous earthquake

A colourful floor

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The colours of the cathedral

The city of museums

A majestic and luminous church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A symbol for the town

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A hall for the feasts

One city, two sites

One city, three sites

The Staircase of Angels

The theatre of taste

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A square as the heart of the city

A feast only for Scicli

The Burgos crucifix

Feast days

The Baroque town by the sea

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The church of Carmine

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Some masterpieces

The façade used as a puppet theatre