Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

sight
Infinite lights and colours

How wonderful!
The light and colours inside the church of San Sebastiano leave everyone breathless!
The crystal chandeliers shine and the surfaces around them reflect and light up in turn.
The marble columns shine and the blue, green and yellow stained glass windows filter warm rays of sunshine.
Full of colour, the church interior is tinged with black and white from the floor, accompanied by the yellow and light grey of the columns, and the white and gold of the walls. navata laterale lampadari accesi

hearing
21 cannon shots

The feast of San Sebastiano is an important moment for all worshippers and the whole country. Citizens gather together to honour the patron saint.
Every year on 10th August at 8:15 am, twenty-one cannon shots precede the departure of the bread cart, accompanied by music, for the traditional collection of “cuddure” (ring-shaped biscuits), offered to St. Sebastian.
Loud noises, firecrackers, music, voices and shouting can be heard early in the morning.

The interior and its masterpieces

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A hall for the feasts

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Searching for colour

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Prominent façade

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

Many owners, one palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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A colourful floor

A prominent church

The Staircase of Angels

A long reconstruction

Some masterpieces

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Some prestigious works

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One city, two sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A triumph of colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new site for a new city

The city of museums

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Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A feast only for Scicli

The church of Carmine

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A symbol for the town

The internal colours

A museum to save a tradition

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

Discovering the mother church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feast days

A square as the heart of the city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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Two illustrious patron saints

The Baroque town by the sea

A new site for a new church

A city in colour

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

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The chocolate of Modica

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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A half-Baroque church

The Burgos crucifix

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Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The wall comes to life

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The Maiolica of the staircase

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A miniature city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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A small room with a golden entrance

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Wonderful quick decorations

The two churches

The theatre of taste

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The colours of the cathedral

The disastrous earthquake

Norman apses

New roads for Catania

One city, three sites

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A talking palace

An eagle-shaped city

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From International Gothic to present day

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St. Sebastian, so much work!

A majestic and luminous church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours