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

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Different materials for different temperatures

A church decorated with infinite materials that make it wonderful and precious.
If we could touch the walls and decorations of the church, we would realise how much the temperature of one material can vary compared to another: the glass windows are very cold in winter, but much warmer in summer when heated by the sun; the blue, plaster decorations are much warmer than the marble columns of the aedicula where the statue of the saint is kept; and the saint, made of wood, is warmer than all those materials.

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The church with a blue interior

The church of San Giovanni Evangelista (St. John the Evangelist) features a splendid decoration with blue and gold stuccoes from a renovation in the mid-19th century.
The artist is one Giuseppe Sesta, as can be read from an inscription at the entrance which also bears the date 1861.
The blue of the decoration is like a ribbon that runs around and ties together the church walls, lit up from time to time by the golden stuccoes.
tela crocifisso di Burgos

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The colours of the cathedral

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Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A museum to save a tradition

A square as the heart of the city

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The Burgos crucifix

The wall comes to life

Two illustrious patron saints

Some masterpieces

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Between white and black

Some prestigious works

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

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

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St. Sebastian, so much work!

The theatre of taste

The disastrous earthquake

The internal colours

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Norman apses

A triumph of colour

Searching for colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Feasting in Palazzolo

An eagle-shaped city

A miniature city

A prominent church

New roads for Catania

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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The two churches

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