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.

A square as the heart of the city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

A new site for a new city

The Baroque town by the sea

A museum to save a tradition

The Maiolica of the staircase

A triumph of colour

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The façade used as a puppet theatre

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Discovering the mother church

A colourful floor

Some masterpieces

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A small room with a golden entrance

A symbol for the town

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A miniature city

A city in colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The internal colours

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

Norman apses

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Burgos crucifix

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

The theatre of taste

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A hall for the feasts

The disastrous earthquake

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A talking palace

An eagle-shaped city

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

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A feast only for Scicli

The wall comes to life

Searching for colour

A prominent church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Between white and black

New roads for Catania

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Staircase of Angels

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

One city, two sites

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

One city, three sites

Feast days

The interior and its masterpieces

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The city of museums

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The two churches

Two illustrious patron saints

Many owners, one palace

The church of Carmine

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A majestic and luminous church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A half-Baroque church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Wonderful quick decorations