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 colourful floor

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A feast only for Scicli

The two churches

The internal colours

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The chocolate of Modica

Feast days

The Baroque town by the sea

The colours of the cathedral

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Burgos crucifix

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

A city in colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Norman apses

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

A square as the heart of the city

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

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A half-Baroque church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The wall comes to life

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

A majestic and luminous church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A triumph of colour

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Some prestigious works

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A hall for the feasts

Feasting in Palazzolo

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

One city, three sites

A museum to save a tradition

One city, two sites

An eagle-shaped city

Wonderful quick decorations

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

New roads for Catania

A miniature city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

From International Gothic to present day

Discovering the mother church

The theatre of taste

The Maiolica of the staircase

The façade used as a puppet theatre

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new site for a new church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A small room with a golden entrance

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Staircase of Angels

The city of museums

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Prominent façade

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

A talking palace

A symbol for the town

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The disastrous earthquake

The interior and its masterpieces

The church of Carmine

A prominent church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Searching for colour