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 Giuseppe

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

One city, three sites

A long reconstruction

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The internal colours

A symbol for the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Some masterpieces

Wonderful quick decorations

A new site for a new city

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A majestic and luminous church

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Baroque town by the sea

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Burgos crucifix

The two churches

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A hall for the feasts

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A miniature city

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Norman apses

The city of museums

Feast days

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

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The theatre of taste

The colours of the cathedral

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The chocolate of Modica

A new site for a new church

Some prestigious works

The church of Carmine

Many owners, one palace

A triumph of colour

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Between white and black

A half-Baroque church

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The interior and its masterpieces

A small room with a golden entrance

A colourful floor

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Searching for colour

A city in colour

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

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

The wall comes to life

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Staircase of Angels

One city, two sites

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A feast only for Scicli

Two illustrious patron saints

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A prominent church

Discovering the mother church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

An eagle-shaped city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A museum to save a tradition

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Prominent façade

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From International Gothic to present day

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A square as the heart of the city

New roads for Catania

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo