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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

The Maiolica of the staircase

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

One city, three sites

Wonderful quick decorations

The Burgos crucifix

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The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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The theatre of taste

The two churches

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

Two illustrious patron saints

A new site for a new church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A prominent church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A city in colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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A long reconstruction

The wall comes to life

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The colours of the cathedral

A talking palace

A new site for a new city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Prominent façade

The city of museums

Some prestigious works

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A feast only for Scicli

A miniature city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Baroque town by the sea

The chocolate of Modica

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A symbol for the town

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A square as the heart of the city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Staircase of Angels

A majestic and luminous church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A hall for the feasts

Between white and black

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

From International Gothic to present day

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, two sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A half-Baroque church

The interior and its masterpieces

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

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Norman apses

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A triumph of colour

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

An eagle-shaped city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

New roads for Catania

A museum to save a tradition

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Searching for colour

The internal colours

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Feast days

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The church of Carmine

The disastrous earthquake

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto