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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 about Palazzo Nicolaci

A hall for the feasts

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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Two illustrious patron saints

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

Some masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

The Burgos crucifix

The city of museums

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The chocolate of Modica

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A museum to save a tradition

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A city in colour

New roads for Catania

A triumph of colour

One city, two sites

A half-Baroque church

A feast only for Scicli

The Staircase of Angels

Wonderful quick decorations

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Prominent façade

The disastrous earthquake

Between white and black

A talking palace

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The wall comes to life

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The interior and its masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The two churches

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Norman apses

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

Searching for colour

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

Feast days

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A colourful floor

The theatre of taste

A miniature city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A long reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

From International Gothic to present day

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A prominent church

Feasting in Palazzolo

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A square as the heart of the city

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A majestic and luminous church

One city, three sites

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The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The church of Carmine

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

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The internal colours

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A small room with a golden entrance

A new site for a new city

Discovering the mother church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The colours of the cathedral

A symbol for the town

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

An eagle-shaped city

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Many owners, one palace

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

St. Sebastian, so much work!