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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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The colours of the cathedral

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

A half-Baroque church

Some masterpieces

The wall comes to life

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Feast days

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some prestigious works

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Discovering the mother church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A city in colour

A symbol for the town

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

A triumph of colour

The Staircase of Angels

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A new site for a new church

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

From International Gothic to present day

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A museum to save a tradition

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

Searching for colour

A miniature city

The church of Carmine

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

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The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A square as the heart of the city

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

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

A feast only for Scicli

The two churches

A long reconstruction

A prominent church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Norman apses

One city, three sites

A colourful floor

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Many owners, one palace

The internal colours

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A talking palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Prominent façade

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Baroque town by the sea

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

Wonderful quick decorations

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The theatre of taste

Limestone, the colour of harmony

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A majestic and luminous church

A small room with a golden entrance

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The disastrous earthquake

An eagle-shaped city

Between white and black

The chocolate of Modica

The city of museums

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