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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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The two churches

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

A prominent church

Some masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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Between white and black

New roads for Catania

The disastrous earthquake

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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The Baroque town by the sea

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

The interior and its masterpieces

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Wonderful quick decorations

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Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The colours of the cathedral

The internal colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The chocolate of Modica

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Searching for colour

Some prestigious works

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A square as the heart of the city

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Feast days

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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A long reconstruction

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The wall comes to life

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Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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The Staircase of Angels

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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A talking palace

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A triumph of colour

The theatre of taste

The Burgos crucifix

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The city of museums

The Maiolica of the staircase

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A city in colour