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 half-Baroque church

A colourful floor

Discovering the mother church

Prominent façade

A majestic and luminous church

The Staircase of Angels

One city, two sites

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Between white and black

The theatre of taste

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

A city in colour

A talking palace

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The church of Carmine

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A miniature city

A hall for the feasts

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

Some masterpieces

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Many owners, one palace

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The colours of the cathedral

A new site for a new city

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The city of museums

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The disastrous earthquake

The wall comes to life

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The chocolate of Modica

A triumph of colour

The two churches

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A feast only for Scicli

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Norman apses

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A museum to save a tradition

The interior and its masterpieces

Feast days

Feasting in Palazzolo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A symbol for the town

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

The internal colours

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

A long reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

One city, three sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Some prestigious works

A prominent church

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

An eagle-shaped city

The Burgos crucifix

The façade used as a puppet theatre