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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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

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A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

A symbol for the town

Between white and black

The Staircase of Angels

The chocolate of Modica

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The disastrous earthquake

Some prestigious works

The interior and its masterpieces

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Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Norman apses

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The colours of the cathedral

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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Feast days

The Burgos crucifix

A majestic and luminous church

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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Two illustrious patron saints

Prominent façade

Some masterpieces

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The two churches

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

A colourful floor

Searching for colour

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

The Maiolica of the staircase

A long reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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An eagle-shaped city

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Many owners, one palace

The Barresi-Branciforte lords