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.

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The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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Two illustrious patron saints

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A colourful floor

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The internal colours

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A square as the heart of the city

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

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A small room with a golden entrance

The two churches

New roads for Catania

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One city, three sites

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feast days

The colours of the cathedral

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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The Staircase of Angels

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

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A new site for a new church

Discovering the mother church

Prominent façade

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Norman apses

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

An eagle-shaped city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Burgos crucifix

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Between white and black

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A hall for the feasts

The interior and its masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

The Maiolica of the staircase

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A prominent church

A feast only for Scicli

Some prestigious works

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The theatre of taste

The chocolate of Modica

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Searching for colour

The disastrous earthquake

One city, two sites

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