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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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Searching for colour

Connections with other UNESCO sites

New roads for Catania

A square as the heart of the city

From International Gothic to present day

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Wonderful quick decorations

The church of Carmine

The Burgos crucifix

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The city of museums

A triumph of colour

The Staircase of Angels

The wall comes to life

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Between white and black

A small room with a golden entrance

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The chocolate of Modica

Some prestigious works

Discovering the mother church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A symbol for the town

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

Many owners, one palace

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Feast days

A majestic and luminous church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The colours of the cathedral

The Baroque town by the sea

Some masterpieces

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A hall for the feasts

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

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A new site for a new church

The two churches

The internal colours

One city, two sites

A half-Baroque church

Two illustrious patron saints

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

Prominent façade

A long reconstruction

A miniature city

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

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

A new site for a new city

The theatre of taste

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Norman apses

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A talking palace

A prominent church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A feast only for Scicli

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Maiolica of the staircase

One city, three sites

A city in colour

An eagle-shaped city

A colourful floor