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.

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Staircase of Angels

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A triumph of colour

The wall comes to life

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

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A miniature city

A long reconstruction

The Burgos crucifix

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The theatre of taste

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Some masterpieces

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A small room with a golden entrance

The colours of the cathedral

The disastrous earthquake

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

A new site for a new city

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

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

One city, two sites

Feast days

A feast only for Scicli

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A square as the heart of the city

A symbol for the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A city in colour

A majestic and luminous church

Norman apses

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Baroque town by the sea

An eagle-shaped city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Wonderful quick decorations

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church of Carmine

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Many owners, one palace

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The two churches

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Prominent façade

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A talking palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A half-Baroque church

A museum to save a tradition

A hall for the feasts

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

A prominent church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

New roads for Catania

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Feasting in Palazzolo

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

One city, three sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Searching for colour

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

The chocolate of Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

The internal colours

Two illustrious patron saints

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours