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.

Limestone, the colour of harmony

New roads for Catania

A new site for a new city

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

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

A square as the heart of the city

A museum to save a tradition

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Staircase of Angels

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

Feast days

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A talking palace

Wonderful quick decorations

A small room with a golden entrance

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A colourful floor

Some prestigious works

A city in colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The wall comes to life

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A new site for a new church

A hall for the feasts

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The two churches

From International Gothic to present day

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Discovering the mother church

One city, three sites

The internal colours

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The disastrous earthquake

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

A prominent church

Many owners, one palace

A half-Baroque church

A long reconstruction

A feast only for Scicli

The Burgos crucifix

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The city of museums

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Feasting in Palazzolo

The colours of the cathedral

The Baroque town by the sea

The interior and its masterpieces

Searching for colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

Some masterpieces

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The church of Carmine

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A symbol for the town

The chocolate of Modica

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

Norman apses

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

One city, two sites

Between white and black

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A triumph of colour

Prominent façade

The theatre of taste

A majestic and luminous church

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A miniature city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto