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.

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Between white and black

A city in colour

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A feast only for Scicli

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A colourful floor

Norman apses

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Prominent façade

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city

Some prestigious works

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The city of museums

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new site for a new city

The church of Carmine

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

The disastrous earthquake

Feast days

The theatre of taste

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A miniature city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The internal colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A new site for a new church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The wall comes to life

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A Nobel Prize in Modica

New roads for Catania

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

A majestic and luminous church

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A half-Baroque church

The Baroque town by the sea

The two churches

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Two illustrious patron saints

A triumph of colour

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

A museum to save a tradition

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Burgos crucifix

St. Sebastian, so much work!

From International Gothic to present day

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A long reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Staircase of Angels

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

Many owners, one palace

The colours of the cathedral

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

Some masterpieces

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A symbol for the town

The chocolate of Modica

A prominent church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts