Palazzolo Acreide

The city of museums

Palazzolo Acreide is an active and eventful town.
In the town centre there are some interesting museums that tell the story of Palazzolo and new technology. For example, there is the Museo dell’Informatica Funzionante in Via Carnevale 17, founded by three organisations passionate about computer science.
At the museum, visitors both in person and remotely via the Internet can learn about the history of computer science, use historical computers and learn how they worked.
Another museum is the Museo dei Viaggiatori in Sicilia located in Palazzo Vaccaro. It is home to the engravings of artists and architects who over the centuries have drawn the monuments, costumes, natural phenomena and exotic plants of Sicily. Next is the Gabriele Judica Archaeological Museum in Palazzo Cappellani, which houses findings from the ancient Greek city of Akrai: vases, everyday objects, a Greek stele, ointments and prehistoric artefacts. Last but not least is the Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum .
 
Here, local tradition is housed inside the noble palace of the Ferla family.
In the museum you can find objects that document rural life: tools used by shepherds, furniture and everyday ceramics, figurines from nativity scenes, puppets and typical carts , veritable works of art of Sicilian craftsmanship.
 


Just outside the town centre you can visit the archaeological site of Akrai and the Santa Lucia Water Mill, managed by the Association for the Conservation of Hyblaean Popular Culture.

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A hall for the feasts

A museum to save a tradition

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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 Giovanni Evangelista

Discovering the mother church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A prominent church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

From International Gothic to present day

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A city in colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The colours of the cathedral

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

The Staircase of Angels

The internal colours

One city, two sites

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A majestic and luminous church

The theatre of taste

A talking palace

The Maiolica of the staircase

The two churches

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A new site for a new city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Feasting in Palazzolo

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A long reconstruction

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

Norman apses

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Burgos crucifix

The chocolate of Modica

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A new site for a new church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Baroque town by the sea

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The disastrous earthquake

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Between white and black

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Searching for colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A symbol for the town

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The wall comes to life

Some masterpieces

Prominent façade

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

A feast only for Scicli

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Feast days

A triumph of colour

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

An eagle-shaped city

The interior and its masterpieces

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, three sites

A half-Baroque church

Many owners, one palace

The church of Carmine