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

A symbol for the town

A triumph of colour

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Maiolica of the staircase

A talking palace

The Staircase of Angels

Norman apses

A new site for a new church

The colours of the cathedral

The theatre of taste

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A small room with a golden entrance

A colourful floor

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

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

The church of Carmine

Discovering the mother church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From International Gothic to present day

Two illustrious patron saints

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A city in colour

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Baroque town by the sea

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

An eagle-shaped city

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

Some masterpieces

A feast only for Scicli

A museum to save a tradition

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Wonderful quick decorations

A half-Baroque church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

One city, three sites

One city, two sites

Some prestigious works

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The internal colours

The chocolate of Modica

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A hall for the feasts

New roads for Catania

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The disastrous earthquake

Between white and black

The Burgos crucifix

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A majestic and luminous church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feast days

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The city of museums

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The wall comes to life

The interior and its masterpieces

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A prominent church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Feasting in Palazzolo

Prominent façade

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace