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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 colourful floor

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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The chocolate of Modica

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Wonderful quick decorations

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Feasting in Palazzolo

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St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The colours of the cathedral

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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Feast days

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Searching for colour

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

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

Two illustrious patron saints

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The internal colours

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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The Staircase of Angels

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Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Some masterpieces

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A triumph of colour

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The Maiolica of the staircase

Prominent façade

The disastrous earthquake

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One city, two sites

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A small room with a golden entrance

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

The two churches

A miniature city

Some prestigious works

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A square as the heart of the city

Between white and black

The wall comes to life

The Burgos crucifix

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Discovering the mother church

A long reconstruction

Norman apses

An eagle-shaped city

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The theatre of taste

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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