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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

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A half-Baroque church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A triumph of colour

Between white and black

The wall comes to life

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A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A small room with a golden entrance

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The internal colours

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The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Searching for colour

The city of museums

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

Discovering the mother church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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Feast days

A new site for a new church

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

A prominent church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A majestic and luminous church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

The two churches

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Wonderful quick decorations

A long reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The disastrous earthquake

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Some masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

A feast only for Scicli

The Baroque town by the sea

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Some prestigious works

New roads for Catania

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Staircase of Angels

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The colours of the cathedral

A city in colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Burgos crucifix

The theatre of taste

The church of Carmine

An eagle-shaped city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A miniature city

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One city, two sites

Limestone, the colour of harmony

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A hall for the feasts

A symbol for the town

Norman apses

A colourful floor

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

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

One city, three sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A museum to save a tradition

A square as the heart of the city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From International Gothic to present day

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The chocolate of Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

A new site for a new city

Prominent façade

A talking palace

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St. Sebastian, so much work!

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