Palazzolo Acreide

Some masterpieces

The church houses splendid works that complete and decorate the interior.
The altar area definitely attracts attention. Composed of a series of wonderful elements, the structure behind the altar is a carving masterpiece.
La struttura dietro l’altare La struttura dietro l’altare
It is richly elaborate and a dozen columns surmounted by putto heads complete the composition. The same attention to detail can be found in the use of colour on the lower part of the structure, completely in marble; the artist chose and combined fragments of blue, red, yellow and white marble.

A little above the altar is the painting by Paolo Tanasi completed in 1827.
The work depicts the Annunciation , one of the most important moments in Christian history when the angel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the Messiah. Tanasi chose well-defined colours such as yellow, which highlights the shape of the angel, and blue, which emphasises the corporeality of the Virgin Mary.
In the transept you can see the Madonna del Carmelo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) completely covered in gold. She shines from afar and demands attention. The right nave houses the statue of Santa Teresa (St. Theresa) and as usual, above one of the altars is the depiction of the Holy Family, the Virgin Mary, the Child and John the Baptist.
Un dipinto, dietro l’altare raffigura l’Annunciazione la statua di Santa Teresa Madonna del Carmelo, nel transetto

A miniature city

Between white and black

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The colours of the cathedral

A feast only for Scicli

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A triumph of colour

The theatre of taste

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Baroque town by the sea

A small room with a golden entrance

A long reconstruction

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, three sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

A symbol for the town

The Burgos crucifix

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Two illustrious patron saints

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Searching for colour

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new site for a new city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Staircase of Angels

Some masterpieces

A colourful floor

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

The chocolate of Modica

The two churches

Some prestigious works

Prominent façade

A new site for a new church

An eagle-shaped city

A museum to save a tradition

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

The interior and its masterpieces

A prominent church

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

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Wonderful quick decorations

Norman apses

Feast days

A half-Baroque church

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

New roads for Catania

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A talking palace

The church of Carmine

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A city in colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The disastrous earthquake

Many owners, one palace

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A Nobel Prize in Modica

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A square as the heart of the city

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The internal colours

The wall comes to life

A hall for the feasts