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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

Two illustrious patron saints

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Many owners, one palace

A colourful floor

The chocolate of Modica

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

One city, two sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Prominent façade

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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Feasting in Palazzolo

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Burgos crucifix

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Discovering the mother church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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A new site for a new city

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The disastrous earthquake

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A majestic and luminous church

A triumph of colour

The theatre of taste

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Some masterpieces

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

The city of museums

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

From International Gothic to present day

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new church

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Norman apses

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Between white and black

A museum to save a tradition

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Staircase of Angels

New roads for Catania

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

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Searching for colour

Wonderful quick decorations

The interior and its masterpieces

A long reconstruction

The internal colours

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Baroque town by the sea

A small room with a golden entrance

The Maiolica of the staircase

A square as the heart of the city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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A half-Baroque church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The two churches

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A symbol for the town

A feast only for Scicli

A talking palace

A city in colour

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

One city, three sites

The wall comes to life

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

An eagle-shaped city

Feast days

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The church of Carmine

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A hall for the feasts