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 about Palazzo Nicolaci

A half-Baroque church

The Staircase of Angels

New roads for Catania

A city in colour

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The colours of the cathedral

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Between white and black

One city, two sites

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Some masterpieces

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A majestic and luminous church

The church of Carmine

The chocolate of Modica

From International Gothic to present day

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The interior and its masterpieces

Prominent façade

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Burgos crucifix

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A triumph of colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

A talking palace

Wonderful quick decorations

A small room with a golden entrance

The theatre of taste

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The two churches

A symbol for the town

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A square as the heart of the city

A new site for a new city

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A long reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

The wall comes to life

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Searching for colour

The city of museums

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Feast days

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

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

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

A museum to save a tradition

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The disastrous earthquake

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A feast only for Scicli

Norman apses

Some prestigious works

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

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

A prominent church

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Maiolica of the staircase

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A miniature city

A new site for a new church

A colourful floor

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Two illustrious patron saints