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 façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A triumph of colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

One city, two sites

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Between white and black

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The theatre of taste

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A museum to save a tradition

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The chocolate of Modica

A city in colour

A symbol for the town

Discovering the mother church

The Staircase of Angels

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A new site for a new church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Feast days

A colourful floor

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

Prominent façade

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A square as the heart of the city

The church of Carmine

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new site for a new city

A feast only for Scicli

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Searching for colour

A small room with a golden entrance

New roads for Catania

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Wonderful quick decorations

A talking palace

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A miniature city

The interior and its masterpieces

A long reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The disastrous earthquake

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

One city, three sites

The colours of the cathedral

The city of museums

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Some masterpieces

From International Gothic to present day

The two churches

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The internal colours

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

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

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

Feasting in Palazzolo

A half-Baroque church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The wall comes to life

A prominent church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Some prestigious works

Norman apses

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

The Burgos crucifix

A hall for the feasts

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A Nobel Prize in Modica