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

Feast days

The colours of the cathedral

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The chocolate of Modica

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Maiolica of the staircase

A half-Baroque church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A city in colour

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Norman apses

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The church of Carmine

The interior and its masterpieces

A hall for the feasts

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new site for a new church

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

Some masterpieces

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

The internal colours

Wonderful quick decorations

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A prominent church

One city, three sites

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

A colourful floor

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Staircase of Angels

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A talking palace

The wall comes to life

A feast only for Scicli

A symbol for the town

The theatre of taste

A majestic and luminous church

A small room with a golden entrance

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The two churches

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The disastrous earthquake

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Many owners, one palace

A miniature city

A long reconstruction

Searching for colour

New roads for Catania

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Two illustrious patron saints

A triumph of colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Discovering the mother church

Prominent façade

The city of museums

An eagle-shaped city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

From International Gothic to present day

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, two sites

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

A museum to save a tradition

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A square as the heart of the city