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 museum to save a tradition

A feast only for Scicli

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

An eagle-shaped city

A new site for a new city

The chocolate of Modica

A majestic and luminous church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A half-Baroque church

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

Many owners, one palace

The Burgos crucifix

The internal colours

Prominent façade

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From International Gothic to present day

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

One city, two sites

Between white and black

The city of museums

A prominent church

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, three sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The disastrous earthquake

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The church of Carmine

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Searching for colour

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Wonderful quick decorations

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The theatre of taste

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A city in colour

A long reconstruction

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The interior and its masterpieces

A hall for the feasts

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

A triumph of colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

New roads for Catania

Two illustrious patron saints

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

The wall comes to life

Some prestigious works

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A miniature city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Norman apses

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

Some masterpieces

The two churches

A symbol for the town

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

A colourful floor

A square as the heart of the city

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A talking palace

The Maiolica of the staircase

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new site for a new church