The church houses the original painting of the Burgos Crucifix. The work is known to date from 1696 thanks to an inscription on the back of the canvas that reveals the year it was painted, but not its author. There is equally dubious and unclear information about the commission and the dynamics th...

The entrance to San Giovanni Evangelista (St. John the Evangelist) is through a long, narrow and dark antechamber which gives onto a large, wide and bright oval hall. The colourful interior decorations embellish and characterise the room. Blue features prominently, like a ribbon tying the space toge...

[dettaglio_immagine id="18983"] The church of San Giovanni Evangelista (St. John the Evangelist) is located a few metres from Via Nazionale, near the [approfondimenti id="21746" testo_link="town hall"] building. In 1693, the earthquake destroyed the old building that was established by Baroness ...

On the last Saturday of May the Madonna a Cavallo (Madonna on Horseback) is celebrated in Scicli. This very important feast celebrates the liberation of Christians from Arab rule. In 1091 Roger I of Sicily and his army freed Scicli from the Saracens, but they didn't do it all by themselves... The M...

Scicli is one of the towns of the ancient [approfondimenti id="21723" testo_link="County of Modica"] and is divided into three areas of interest, as described by the great Syracusan writer [approfondimenti id="21737" testo_link="Elio Vittorini"]. The town's historical centre, included on the World ...