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The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

sight
Infinite lights and colours

How wonderful!
The light and colours inside the church of San Sebastiano leave everyone breathless!
The crystal chandeliers shine and the surfaces around them reflect and light up in turn.
The marble columns shine and the blue, green and yellow stained glass windows filter warm rays of sunshine.
Full of colour, the church interior is tinged with black and white from the floor, accompanied by the yellow and light grey of the columns, and the white and gold of the walls. navata laterale lampadari accesi

hearing
21 cannon shots

The feast of San Sebastiano is an important moment for all worshippers and the whole country. Citizens gather together to honour the patron saint.
Every year on 10th August at 8:15 am, twenty-one cannon shots precede the departure of the bread cart, accompanied by music, for the traditional collection of “cuddure” (ring-shaped biscuits), offered to St. Sebastian.
Loud noises, firecrackers, music, voices and shouting can be heard early in the morning.

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Staircase of Angels

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The wall comes to life

A half-Baroque church

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

Searching for colour

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new site for a new city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new site for a new church

A square as the heart of the city

A long reconstruction

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A symbol for the town

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Two illustrious patron saints

Norman apses

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The colours of the cathedral

One city, two sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Prominent façade

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A small room with a golden entrance

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Many owners, one palace

Some masterpieces

The Burgos crucifix

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The disastrous earthquake

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A talking palace

A prominent church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Some prestigious works

An eagle-shaped city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A feast only for Scicli

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A colourful floor

One city, three sites

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Discovering the mother church

The two churches

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Between white and black

The Baroque town by the sea

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The city of museums

A triumph of colour

The theatre of taste

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The chocolate of Modica

A city in colour

Feast days

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The interior and its masterpieces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The church of Carmine