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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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The city of museums

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

A triumph of colour

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The church of Carmine

An eagle-shaped city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A new site for a new city

Feast days

A miniature city

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A symbol for the town

Between white and black

One city, three sites

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Discovering the mother church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

From International Gothic to present day

A city in colour

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

Wonderful quick decorations

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The two churches

The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A talking palace

The wall comes to life

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A colourful floor

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some prestigious works

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A prominent church

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The colours of the cathedral

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A majestic and luminous church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The chocolate of Modica

The internal colours

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The disastrous earthquake

The Maiolica of the staircase

The interior and its masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A small room with a golden entrance

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

A feast only for Scicli

A half-Baroque church

Some masterpieces

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A museum to save a tradition

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Many owners, one palace

Norman apses

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

One city, two sites

A square as the heart of the city

Searching for colour

The Burgos crucifix

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A long reconstruction

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Baroque town by the sea

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A new site for a new church