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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.
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St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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A small room with a golden entrance

A hall for the feasts

Many owners, one palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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The Maiolica of the staircase

The Baroque town by the sea

The Burgos crucifix

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Connections with other UNESCO sites

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Feast days

Between white and black

The two churches

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A museum to save a tradition

A colourful floor

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Wonderful quick decorations

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A square as the heart of the city

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The disastrous earthquake

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The internal colours

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

An eagle-shaped city

One city, three sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Some prestigious works

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Two illustrious patron saints

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One city, two sites

A long reconstruction

Norman apses

A majestic and luminous church

Some masterpieces

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The wall comes to life

A miniature city

The Staircase of Angels

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A triumph of colour

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The chocolate of Modica

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The colours of the cathedral

A symbol for the town

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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The theatre of taste

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Limestone, the colour of harmony