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 senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A majestic and luminous church

Two illustrious patron saints

The Baroque town by the sea

Prominent façade

A city in colour

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A prominent church

The theatre of taste

New roads for Catania

The wall comes to life

A talking palace

A small room with a golden entrance

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A triumph of colour

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

Some masterpieces

The Maiolica of the staircase

The chocolate of Modica

A museum to save a tradition

One city, three sites

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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Feast days

A colourful floor

Norman apses

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

Discovering the mother church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A hall for the feasts

A square as the heart of the city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

An eagle-shaped city

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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Connections with other UNESCO sites

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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Between white and black

From International Gothic to present day

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The church of Carmine

The colours of the cathedral

A new site for a new church

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

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

The two churches

Some prestigious works

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Searching for colour

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A long reconstruction

The Burgos crucifix

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, two sites

Limestone, the colour of harmony

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

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The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A miniature city

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The internal colours

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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The city of museums

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A feast only for Scicli

Wonderful quick decorations

The Staircase of Angels

Many owners, one palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The disastrous earthquake

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The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Feasting in Palazzolo

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A symbol for the town

A new site for a new city