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 senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new church

From International Gothic to present day

The colours of the cathedral

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A colourful floor

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Feast days

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A half-Baroque church

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Some masterpieces

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

A long reconstruction

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

One city, three sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

New roads for Catania

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Searching for colour

The city of museums

A new site for a new city

A triumph of colour

Two illustrious patron saints

The chocolate of Modica

Prominent façade

A museum to save a tradition

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The wall comes to life

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The Baroque town by the sea

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A small room with a golden entrance

Between white and black

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

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

The internal colours

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The two churches

The theatre of taste

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Discovering the mother church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The disastrous earthquake

The Maiolica of the staircase

An eagle-shaped city

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Staircase of Angels

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

A square as the heart of the city

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A miniature city

The Burgos crucifix

A hall for the feasts

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A prominent church

Some prestigious works

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Norman apses

A talking palace

A majestic and luminous church

Many owners, one palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica