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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

A symbol for the town

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

The two churches

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The disastrous earthquake

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A hall for the feasts

Some prestigious works

A half-Baroque church

A square as the heart of the city

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A museum to save a tradition

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A colourful floor

Some masterpieces

Wonderful quick decorations

One city, three sites

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A feast only for Scicli

A city in colour

Two illustrious patron saints

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

Norman apses

A long reconstruction

The city of museums

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A majestic and luminous church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Staircase of Angels

A new site for a new city

A small room with a golden entrance

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

The chocolate of Modica

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

A triumph of colour

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

The interior and its masterpieces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The internal colours

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Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Many owners, one palace

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The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The colours of the cathedral

A miniature city

The Baroque town by the sea

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Burgos crucifix

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

An eagle-shaped city

The wall comes to life

A talking palace

A new site for a new church

From International Gothic to present day

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

New roads for Catania

Prominent façade

The theatre of taste

One city, two sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Searching for colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The church of Carmine

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom