Palazzolo Acreide

The city of museums

Palazzolo Acreide is an active and eventful town.
In the town centre there are some interesting museums that tell the story of Palazzolo and new technology. For example, there is the Museo dell’Informatica Funzionante in Via Carnevale 17, founded by three organisations passionate about computer science.
At the museum, visitors both in person and remotely via the Internet can learn about the history of computer science, use historical computers and learn how they worked.
Another museum is the Museo dei Viaggiatori in Sicilia located in Palazzo Vaccaro. It is home to the engravings of artists and architects who over the centuries have drawn the monuments, costumes, natural phenomena and exotic plants of Sicily. Next is the Gabriele Judica Archaeological Museum in Palazzo Cappellani, which houses findings from the ancient Greek city of Akrai: vases, everyday objects, a Greek stele, ointments and prehistoric artefacts. Last but not least is the Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum .
 
Here, local tradition is housed inside the noble palace of the Ferla family.
In the museum you can find objects that document rural life: tools used by shepherds, furniture and everyday ceramics, figurines from nativity scenes, puppets and typical carts , veritable works of art of Sicilian craftsmanship.
 


Just outside the town centre you can visit the archaeological site of Akrai and the Santa Lucia Water Mill, managed by the Association for the Conservation of Hyblaean Popular Culture.

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The wall comes to life

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Burgos crucifix

Searching for colour

A new site for a new city

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some prestigious works

A symbol for the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Prominent façade

One city, three sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A feast only for Scicli

The disastrous earthquake

Discovering the mother church

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

A majestic and luminous church

Feast days

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The interior and its masterpieces

Some masterpieces

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A triumph of colour

The Staircase of Angels

Between white and black

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A miniature city

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Wonderful quick decorations

A colourful floor

The Baroque town by the sea

A prominent church

A long reconstruction

An eagle-shaped city

The internal colours

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The city of museums

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The chocolate of Modica

A new site for a new church

The two churches

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A city in colour

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

New roads for Catania

A square as the heart of the city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A museum to save a tradition

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Many owners, one palace

The church of Carmine

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The colours of the cathedral

The theatre of taste

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

One city, two sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

A hall for the feasts

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

A small room with a golden entrance

A talking palace

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