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.

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Searching for colour

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Many owners, one palace

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From International Gothic to present day

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A Nobel Prize in Modica

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A talking palace

A city in colour

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A small room with a golden entrance

An eagle-shaped city

A colourful floor

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A long reconstruction

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A museum to save a tradition

A miniature city

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A hall for the feasts

The church of Carmine

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A triumph of colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A square as the heart of the city

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A prominent church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, three sites

The chocolate of Modica

The theatre of taste

Two illustrious patron saints

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The two churches

A new site for a new church

A half-Baroque church

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Feast days

One city, two sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Discovering the mother church

Wonderful quick decorations

The wall comes to life

Some prestigious works

The colours of the cathedral

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new city

A symbol for the town

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

The internal colours

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

Between white and black

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Baroque town by the sea

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Prominent façade

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

New roads for Catania

Some masterpieces

Norman apses

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Maiolica of the staircase

The disastrous earthquake

The interior and its masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)