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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 Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A majestic and luminous church

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

A prominent church

One city, three sites

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A small room with a golden entrance

From International Gothic to present day

A half-Baroque church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A hall for the feasts

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Prominent façade

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Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

One city, two sites

Some prestigious works

Norman apses

A new site for a new city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Wonderful quick decorations

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Burgos crucifix

A miniature city

A symbol for the town

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Maiolica of the staircase

Many owners, one palace

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new site for a new church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The church of Carmine

An eagle-shaped city

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

New roads for Catania

A long reconstruction

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Two illustrious patron saints

The disastrous earthquake

Discovering the mother church

The two churches

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The chocolate of Modica

The internal colours

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The colours of the cathedral

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The city of museums

A museum to save a tradition

The Baroque town by the sea

The Staircase of Angels

Between white and black

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A city in colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The wall comes to life

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Feast days

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

The theatre of taste

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Searching for colour

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

A square as the heart of the city

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

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

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