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.

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Maiolica of the staircase

A half-Baroque church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A talking palace

A hall for the feasts

A prominent church

A long reconstruction

Searching for colour

New roads for Catania

The church of Carmine

The city of museums

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A square as the heart of the city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

From International Gothic to present day

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A feast only for Scicli

A new site for a new church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A city in colour

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Some masterpieces

The two churches

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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Feast days

Between white and black

A miniature city

Norman apses

Many owners, one palace

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The wall comes to life

A small room with a golden entrance

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Baroque town by the sea

Wonderful quick decorations

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The internal colours

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Some prestigious works

A colourful floor

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A museum to save a tradition

Two illustrious patron saints

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, three sites

Prominent façade

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The interior and its masterpieces

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

The Burgos crucifix

The colours of the cathedral

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The chocolate of Modica

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A symbol for the town

The theatre of taste

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

An eagle-shaped city

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Staircase of Angels

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

A new site for a new city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A majestic and luminous church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

One city, two sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo