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 Baroque town by the sea

A small room with a golden entrance

Prominent façade

Between white and black

From International Gothic to present day

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A majestic and luminous church

The Staircase of Angels

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Feast days

Norman apses

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

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

A square as the heart of the city

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Two illustrious patron saints

A new site for a new city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

The church of Carmine

A triumph of colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A prominent church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The internal colours

The Maiolica of the staircase

A feast only for Scicli

The interior and its masterpieces

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A half-Baroque church

The theatre of taste

A miniature city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Discovering the mother church

A talking palace

A museum to save a tradition

Some masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Some prestigious works

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The chocolate of Modica

The colours of the cathedral

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A colourful floor

One city, two sites

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

New roads for Catania

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Many owners, one palace

The city of museums

The two churches

Wonderful quick decorations

The disastrous earthquake

The wall comes to life

A new site for a new church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A city in colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

The Burgos crucifix

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Searching for colour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo