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 new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new site for a new church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

New roads for Catania

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The church of Carmine

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Feast days

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, two sites

A majestic and luminous church

A miniature city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

The chocolate of Modica

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

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

A square as the heart of the city

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

One city, three sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The disastrous earthquake

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From International Gothic to present day

A small room with a golden entrance

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A hall for the feasts

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The city of museums

A feast only for Scicli

The Baroque town by the sea

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

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Discovering the mother church

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The Burgos crucifix

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Many owners, one palace

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Some prestigious works

Searching for colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The two churches

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feasting in Palazzolo

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A long reconstruction

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The colours of the cathedral

A half-Baroque church

Between white and black

Some masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A triumph of colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Maiolica of the staircase

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A prominent church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A colourful floor

The wall comes to life

Prominent façade

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

A talking palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The internal colours

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A symbol for the town

A city in colour

A new site for a new city

A museum to save a tradition

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto