Church of the SS. Annunziata in Avola
The Church of the Annunziata in Avola, also known as the Church of the Badia, is the most significant eighteenth-century architecture in the city, a wonderful example of the late Sicilian Baroque style.
The Church, originally annexed to the monastery of San Benedetto, it was built starting from the early eighteenth century although its current appearance is the result of subsequent alterations.
Its original concave-convex façade, built starting from 1753, is one of the greatest expressions of Baroque in the Val di Noto. The high artistic value of the facade is also linked to the precious decorative details of the balustrade and the bell tower.
The interior, with a single nave with a rectangular hall and polygonal apse, in Rococo style features rich decorations with stucco, marble and paintings. In perfect harmony with the wall decorations, the eighteenth-century central altar stands out in polychrome marble, with bronze inserts, embellished with winged heads and two allegorical figures of virtue at the sides, in white marble.
Among the works kept in the Inside the church, of particular artistic value are the paintings dating back to the mid-18th century of the Madonna with Child and Saints, the Glory of Saint Teresa and Saint Clare, the Deposition and the Glory of Saint Benedict, attributed to Costantino Carasi.
