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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Searching for colour

The two churches

The colours of the cathedral

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

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

The Staircase of Angels

Discovering the mother church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Between white and black

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

An eagle-shaped city

The interior and its masterpieces

A symbol for the town

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A colourful floor

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

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

The Baroque town by the sea

A prominent church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new site for a new church

A half-Baroque church

One city, three sites

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The internal colours

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Prominent façade

A long reconstruction

The church of Carmine

The wall comes to life

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The city of museums

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Wonderful quick decorations

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A feast only for Scicli

The chocolate of Modica

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

A new site for a new city

A city in colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

One city, two sites

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Feast days

Some prestigious works

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Burgos crucifix

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Some masterpieces

From International Gothic to present day

A triumph of colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

Norman apses

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

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A talking palace

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The theatre of taste

A majestic and luminous church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A hall for the feasts

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The disastrous earthquake

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph