Scicli

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

touch
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.

sight
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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Staircase of Angels

A majestic and luminous church

The church of Carmine

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The interior and its masterpieces

Feast days

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

The colours of the cathedral

A long reconstruction

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The theatre of taste

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A miniature city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A small room with a golden entrance

A city in colour

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The city of museums

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The two churches

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The chocolate of Modica

A museum to save a tradition

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, three sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

One city, two sites

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The disastrous earthquake

Prominent façade

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

Two illustrious patron saints

A colourful floor

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

Norman apses

Between white and black

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some prestigious works

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A square as the heart of the city

A prominent church

A new site for a new city

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

A hall for the feasts

The internal colours

An eagle-shaped city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

New roads for Catania

Some masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The wall comes to life

A half-Baroque church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

From International Gothic to present day

Discovering the mother church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A talking palace

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

A feast only for Scicli

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A symbol for the town

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto