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Palazzolo Acreide The city of
Palazzolo Acreide (Siracusa). Useful information,
baroque photo gallery, churches and more...
Akrai
The archaeological site of Akrai, city founded
by the Greeks of Siracusa in the 664 a.C.
Palazzolo Acreide (SR)
House-museum of Antonino Uccello Informative website about
the ethnoantropologist Antonino Uccello and
virtual visit of the House-museum of Palazzolo
Acreide (SR)
IBLEI.it Touristic portal website
about Siracusa and Ragusa. Archaeological,
ethnoantropological, historical, artistic,
naturalistic route
Late baroque towns of the Val di Noto (South
eastern Sicily)
World Heritage List UNESCO
The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily:
Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania,
Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa and
Scicli. The towns of the Val di Noto represent
the culmination and final flowering of Baroque
art in Europe
Andrea
Latina - Art
Official website of the sicilian painter Andrea
Latina. Oil paintings and more
Akraion
Located in the historical centre of Palazzolo
Acreide, in this store you can buy various terracotta objects
and paintings
Caltagirone's ceramics
Located in the historical centre of Palazzolo
Acreide, in this store you can buy various
ceramics and terracotta objects
Palazzolo
Acreide and the beauties of its landscapes have been used as
cinematographic sets by great directors like Franco Zeffirelli.
NATI STANCHI
DIRECTED
BY:
Dominick Tambasco
NATION:
Italy
YEAR:
2001
GENRE:
Comedy
LOCATIONS:
Chiesa e quartiere di San Sebastiano
CAST:
Salvo Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Marica Coco, Stefania
Bonafede.
LA FAME E LA
SETE
DIRECTED
BY:
Antonio Albanese NATION:
Italy YEAR:
1999 GENRE:
Grotesque LOCATIONS:
Chiesa di San Sebastiano – Piazza del
Popolo – Quartiere San Paolo CAST:
Antonio Albanese, Lorenza Indovina,
Beatrice Macola, Aisha Cerami, Lucia Guzzardi, Stefania
Spugnini, Rosa Pianeta, Nino Prester, Luigi Burruano,
Giovanni Pontillo
OLTREMARE -
NON E' L'AMERICA
DIRECTED
BY:
Nello Correale NATION:
Italy YEAR:
1999 GENRE:
Drama LOCATIONS:
Masseria “Case Musso”, Contrada Vallefame CAST:
Tiziana Lodato, Luca Zingaretti, Iaia
Forte, Ida Di Benedetto, Leo Gullotta, Gigi Burruano
LA MADRE
INUTILE
DIRECTED
BY:
José Maria Sanchez
NATION:
Italy
YEAR: 1998
GENRE:
-
LOCATIONS:
-
CAST:
Athina Cenci, Leo Gullotta, Jacqueline
Lustig
LA PIOVRA 8
- LO SCANDALO
DIRECTED
BY:
Giacomo Battiato
NATION:
Italy/Germany/Sweden
YEAR:
1997
GENRE:
Action
LOCATIONS:
Chiesa e quartiere di San Paolo
CAST:
Raoul Bova, Anja Kling, Fabrizio Contri,
Luca Zingaretti, Primo Reggiani, Andrea Lorina, Mietta,
Nando Murolo, Vincenzo Peluso, Luigi Maria Burruano,
Ramona Badescu, Tony Sperandeo, Emilio Bonucci,
Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Renato Mori
MARIANNA
UCRIA
DIRECTED
BY:
Roberto Faenza
NATION:
Italy/France/Portugal
YEAR:
1997
GENRE:
Drama
LOCATIONS:
Masseria “Case Musso”, Contrada Vallefame – Chiesa di
San Paolo
CAST:
Emmanuelle Laborit, Roberto Herlitzka, Philippe Noiret,
Laura Morante, Lorenzo Crespi, Laura Betti, Bernard
Giraudeau, Leopoldo Trieste, Eva Grieco
DIRECTED
BY:
Alberto Simone NATION:
Italy/France/Holland YEAR:
1995 GENRE:
Drama LOCATIONS:
San Sebastiano CAST:
Nino Manfredi, Tcheky Kario, Isabella Pasco, Jim Van de
Wonde, Joan Leysen, Paolo Sassanelli, Mimmo Mancini,
Andrea Cagliesi, Turi Scalia
STORIA DI
UNA CAPINERA
DIRECTED
BY:
Franco Zeffirelli NATION:
Italy YEAR:
1993 GENRE:
Drama LOCATIONS:
Masseria “Case Musso”, Contrada Vallefame - Masseria di
Contrada Cavadonna – Chiesa di San Paolo CAST:
Angela Marie Bettis, Johnathan Schaech, Sinead Cusack,
Vanessa Redgrave, Valentina Cortese, Frank Finlay, John
Castle
LA
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
DIRECTED
BY:
Franco Zeffirelli NATION:
Italy/West Germany YEAR:
1982 GENRE:
Opera LOCATIONS:
Chiesa e quartiere di San Sebastiano CAST:
Yelena Obraztsova, Plàcido Domingo, Renato Bruson,
Fedora Barbieri, Axelle Gall
GENTE DI
RISPETTO
DIRECTED
BY:
Luigi Zampa NATION:
Italy YEAR:
1975 GENRE:
Drama LOCATIONS:
San Sebastiano e Piazza del Popolo CAST:
Franco Nero, Jennifer O’Neil, James Mason, Orazio
Orlando, Claudio Gora, Aldo Giuffrè
Inclusion
in the prestigious World Heritage List UNESCO
"Late
Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto": Caltagirone, Militello
Val of Catania, Catania, Modica, Famous, Palazzolo Acreide,
Ragusa Ibla, Scicli.
An
archaeological zone between most ancient in the Italian
panorama, with a beautiful greek theatre, roman-hellenistic
road.
One of the most famous and appreciated attractions of
Palazzolo Acreide is certainly "House-museum of Antonino
Uccello). During
the years of passionate and hard work, the Sicilian
ethnologist, has collected and put in order interesting
testimonies and precious materials about the life and folk
wisdom.
The
site hosts 12 large reliefs called "Santoni". It is the
greatest sanctuary to date uncovered, dedicated to the cult
of the oriental goddess of fertility Cibeles.
The
ruins of the Norman castle and the surrounding medieval
urban planning structure.
An
historical center of great architectonic value, strongly
characterized from a Baroque architecture, fruit of the
reconstruction post-earthquake of 1693 and, subsequently,
from the season of the Art Noveau.
The
religious manifestations like the festivity of S. Paul and
S. Sebastiano, known in all the Sicily.
International
Youth Festival of Classical Theatre.
Every year, during May, at greek theatre many groups of
highschools students from all over Italy and the rest of
Europe perform tragedies and comedy by classical authors.
The
several exhibitions proposed by the House-museum "Antonino
Uccello", the agricultural and food- Review of the products
and typical food... and more...
Carnival
is very lively in Palazzolo Acreide and is one of the oldest
in Sicily. As well as the parade of the allegorical cars and
groups dressed up, you may taste in various food festivals
the typical Palazzolo's food products like the sausage,
trout pastry, macaroni, cavatieddi (a typical local pasta)
and cannoli.
A
extremely varied landscape, with the Natural Reserve
of Cava Grande and the Natural Reserve of the
Anapo-Pantalica.
The
presence, in the beam of little kilometers, archaeological
and historical important archaeological zone like Kasmenai,
Ancient Avola, Castelluccio, Pantalica, the several
bizantine churches, etc.
The
St. Lucia watermill, is one of the four water-mills started
by the torrent Purbella. It dates back to the XVI century.
It is perfectly kept, plunged in an uncontaminated valley,
shaded by oak-trees and walnut-trees.Inside the building is
the Museum of the Millstone where permanent displays and
millstones of different shapes illustrate the development of
the cereals grindind technique, from pre-history up to
hydraulic energy.
Inclusion
in the prestigious World Heritage List UNESCO
"Late
Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto": Caltagirone, Militello
Val of Catania, Catania, Modica, Famous, Palazzolo Acreide,
Ragusa Ibla, Scicli.
An
archaeological zone between most ancient in the Italian
panorama, with a beautiful greek theatre, roman-hellenistic
road.
The
site hosts 12 large reliefs called "Santoni". It is the
greatest sanctuary to date uncovered, dedicated to the cult
of the oriental goddess of fertility Cibeles.
The
ruins of the Norman castle and the surrounding medieval
urban planning structure.
An
historical center of great architectonic value, strongly
characterized from a Baroque architecture, fruit of the
reconstruction post-earthquake of 1693 and, subsequently,
from the season of the Art Noveau.
The
religious manifestations like the festivity of S. Paul and
S. Sebastiano, known in all the Sicily.
International
Youth Festival of Classical Theatre.
The
several exhibitions proposed by the House-museum "Antonino
Uccello", the agricultural and food- Review of the products
and typical food... and more...
Carnival
is very lively in Palazzolo Acreide and is one of the oldest
in Sicily. As well as the parade of the allegorical cars and
groups dressed up, you may taste in various food festivals
the typical Palazzolo's food products like the sausage,
trout pastry, macaroni, cavatieddi (a typical local pasta)
and cannoli.
A
extremely varied landscape, with the Natural Reserve
of Cava Grande and the Natural Reserve of the
Anapo-Pantalica.
The
presence, in the beam of little kilometers, archaeological
and historical important archaeological zone like Kasmenai,
Ancient Avola, Castelluccio, Pantalica, the several
bizantine churches, etc.
