10 Art Museums in Val di Noto That You Shouldn't Miss

The POLO TATTILE MULTIMEDIALE born in Catania in March 2008 , it is located in the heart of Catania , in the beautiful Via Etnea , in a ' 700 building ; houses inside a unique structure in Europe , as it contains within it a Tactile Museum , unique in Southern Italy , a showroom , a bar in the Dark , a Sensory Garden . The Polo Tactile Multimedia offers visitors as a place where together, disabled and not , can experience , Knowledge Sharing and " touch" that you can live " like everyone in the world of all. " We have set ourselves the goal of greater cultural literacy by providing all the blind , visually impaired , and all citizens , allowing visitors of our unique experience in its kind , an experience to discover a new way to do integration. Due to the covid-19 emergency reservation is required.

The history of this museum revolves around the figure of FL Belgiorno (Modica, 1906-1971), who established it around the 1950s. The Museum is characterized by an archaeological section, with finds that can be dated between prehistory and the Middle Ages . Among the most relevant finds is the Eracle of Cafeo, a bronze statuette, dated to the end of the 3rd century BC, depicting the hero after his first labor. In the Museum there are also historical and historical-artistic collections, as well as the "Quasimodo Collection" and the works of the local artist Enzo Assenza

The most important private palace in Catania and precious testimony of the Sicilian baroque. The frescoed halls, full of charm and elegance, represent a splendid setting for concerts, meetings, receptions, gala evenings, fashion shows.

The MacS rise up inside the Little Abbay of the Monastery of S. Benedict, situated in Crociferi Street, site of Unesco and the World Heritage. This historical structure, attribuited for grace of shapes and armonic set of the architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini is connected to the Great Abbey trough the famous Arch of S.Benedict. In harmony with the beautiful setting that it is placed and with wonderful baroque paintures of the church of S. Benedict, the MacS combines the architectural beauty of the eighteenth century to the modernity of contemporary art. The MacS is in fact the union line that starts from the distant Baroque painting tradition to arrive at contemporary and the aim is the promotion of the cultural heritage of Sicilian heritage, often creating cultural associations with equally prestigious historical and artistic containers , and the promotion of contemporary Italian and international art giving space to young talents and ancients artists . In the choice of this site is its very essence: the Macs wants to be followes of the aesthetic contain of our time. The reason why priviliged that figurative art its art collection is the conviction of evocative fonction. MacS' inspiration are classical criteria and parameters of beauty, executive competence, techinical ability, harmony of shaper, very ofthen emargineited by the Avant- Garde of the 1900s, melted with reality, the means, the needs and the expectation of what is contemporary.