Palazzolo Acreide

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

touch
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.

sight
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.

One city, three sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Maiolica of the staircase

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A talking palace

Feast days

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

A half-Baroque church

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A colourful floor

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new city

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Norman apses

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The internal colours

Searching for colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The colours of the cathedral

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A museum to save a tradition

A hall for the feasts

The disastrous earthquake

The church of Carmine

Connections with other UNESCO sites

An eagle-shaped city

The Staircase of Angels

The two churches

The Burgos crucifix

A triumph of colour

The city of museums

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

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

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

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

The wall comes to life

Wonderful quick decorations

Between white and black

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A feast only for Scicli

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A majestic and luminous church

A symbol for the town

A long reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Modica, a city with ancient origins

New roads for Catania

Some prestigious works

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Some masterpieces

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The chocolate of Modica

The theatre of taste

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A miniature city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new site for a new church

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Discovering the mother church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A Nobel Prize in Modica