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.

The interior and its masterpieces

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

Some prestigious works

Wonderful quick decorations

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The internal colours

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

An eagle-shaped city

A new site for a new church

Many owners, one palace

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Staircase of Angels

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The chocolate of Modica

The disastrous earthquake

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Maiolica of the staircase

New roads for Catania

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Two illustrious patron saints

The church of Carmine

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Between white and black

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The wall comes to life

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

One city, two sites

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Discovering the mother church

Searching for colour

A half-Baroque church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A colourful floor

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

The colours of the cathedral

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

A square as the heart of the city

A talking palace

A hall for the feasts

A museum to save a tradition

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A city in colour

The theatre of taste

From International Gothic to present day

A majestic and luminous church

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Feast days

A long reconstruction

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Burgos crucifix

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

One city, three sites

A prominent church

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some masterpieces

Prominent façade

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Norman apses

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A symbol for the town

A new site for a new city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A small room with a golden entrance

The Baroque town by the sea