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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 museum to save a tradition

The wall comes to life

An eagle-shaped city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Maiolica of the staircase

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

New roads for Catania

A feast only for Scicli

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The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A majestic and luminous church

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A new site for a new church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

A prominent church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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The interior and its masterpieces

Many owners, one palace

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

A miniature city

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

A triumph of colour

The Baroque town by the sea

Norman apses

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A long reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

The internal colours

Between white and black

A city in colour

The disastrous earthquake

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

A small room with a golden entrance

A half-Baroque church

Some masterpieces

A square as the heart of the city

The church of Carmine

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Discovering the mother church

The two churches

Prominent façade

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The theatre of taste

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A talking palace

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

One city, three sites

From International Gothic to present day

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

A new site for a new city

Some prestigious works

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, two sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The colours of the cathedral

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A symbol for the town

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A hall for the feasts

The city of museums

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A colourful floor

Feast days

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Two illustrious patron saints