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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.
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Connections with other UNESCO sites

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Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A prominent church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Discovering the mother church

Wonderful quick decorations

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A square as the heart of the city

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Some masterpieces

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The internal colours

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Prominent façade

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The Burgos crucifix

The disastrous earthquake

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

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The theatre of taste

The two churches

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Feasting in Palazzolo

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Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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The Maiolica of the staircase

A feast only for Scicli

A new site for a new city

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A talking palace

A miniature city

The Staircase of Angels

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

A triumph of colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Norman apses

Feast days

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Some prestigious works

A symbol for the town

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Two illustrious patron saints

A majestic and luminous church

From International Gothic to present day

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The colours of the cathedral

Between white and black

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New roads for Catania

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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