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.

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From International Gothic to present day

Prominent façade

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

One city, three sites

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A feast only for Scicli

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

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

A new site for a new church

Feasting in Palazzolo

The chocolate of Modica

The two churches

A triumph of colour

A museum to save a tradition

Discovering the mother church

A long reconstruction

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A half-Baroque church

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, two sites

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

An eagle-shaped city

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The church of Carmine

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

New roads for Catania

The Staircase of Angels

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A miniature city

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The disastrous earthquake

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Between white and black

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

Feast days

Wonderful quick decorations

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Some prestigious works

A small room with a golden entrance

A symbol for the town

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Searching for colour

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The city of museums

Some masterpieces

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A square as the heart of the city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

The Baroque town by the sea

The colours of the cathedral

Many owners, one palace

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A hall for the feasts

A city in colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The internal colours

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A majestic and luminous church

A colourful floor

The theatre of taste

The wall comes to life

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

A talking palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new palace for the La Rocca lords