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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 Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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The Staircase of Angels

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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The chocolate of Modica

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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Searching for colour

Discovering the mother church

A triumph of colour

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

A long reconstruction

A majestic and luminous church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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Between white and black

One city, two sites

From International Gothic to present day

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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The wall comes to life

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A half-Baroque church

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Feasting in Palazzolo

An eagle-shaped city

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

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The interior and its masterpieces

A miniature city

The Maiolica of the staircase

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The disastrous earthquake

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The internal colours

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A prominent church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Two illustrious patron saints

Prominent façade

The two churches

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Some masterpieces

A colourful floor

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

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Feast days

The theatre of taste

A symbol for the town

A city in colour

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Wonderful quick decorations

The Baroque town by the sea

A museum to save a tradition

One city, three sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The colours of the cathedral

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Burgos crucifix

A talking palace

Many owners, one palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Some prestigious works

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The city of museums

Norman apses