Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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Many materials

Wood, white marble, colourful marble, canvas and gold are some of the materials used to compose the church’s works, each with different characteristics.
The smooth marble of the main altar contrasts with the irregular surface of the Solomonic columns of the rough and porous façade.
The hardness of the panel is completely different to the softness of the Tanasi’s Annunciation painting-artists must always take into account the type of material they are going to paint on or sculpt.

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The colours of the church

So many colours for one church!
The white stone of the façade shines as soon as a ray of sunshine hits it.
Inside, the floor has a hypnotic effect thanks to its decoration based on the contrast between the white and dark grey stone slabs.
The main altar, where the artist created a valuable piece of work, is a genuine triumph of colour thanks to the skilful combination of blue, red, yellow and white.

From International Gothic to present day

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Some masterpieces

Discovering the mother church

A new site for a new city

The interior and its masterpieces

A prominent church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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A triumph of colour

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

A city in colour

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Staircase of Angels

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Feasting in Palazzolo

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The church of Carmine

The two churches

New roads for Catania

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Between white and black

A talking palace

Wonderful quick decorations

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A small room with a golden entrance

The theatre of taste

A symbol for the town

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A miniature city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

Norman apses

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St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Many owners, one palace

Searching for colour

The chocolate of Modica

The Baroque town by the sea

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A long reconstruction

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A museum to save a tradition

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A hall for the feasts

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A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Some prestigious works

A square as the heart of the city

A feast only for Scicli

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The internal colours

The disastrous earthquake

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A majestic and luminous church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A half-Baroque church

One city, two sites

Two illustrious patron saints

The wall comes to life

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One city, three sites

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

Prominent façade

The city of museums

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The Burgos crucifix

The Maiolica of the staircase

The colours of the cathedral

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

A colourful floor

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Feast days

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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