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The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

sight
Infinite lights and colours

How wonderful!
The light and colours inside the church of San Sebastiano leave everyone breathless!
The crystal chandeliers shine and the surfaces around them reflect and light up in turn.
The marble columns shine and the blue, green and yellow stained glass windows filter warm rays of sunshine.
Full of colour, the church interior is tinged with black and white from the floor, accompanied by the yellow and light grey of the columns, and the white and gold of the walls. navata laterale lampadari accesi

hearing
21 cannon shots

The feast of San Sebastiano is an important moment for all worshippers and the whole country. Citizens gather together to honour the patron saint.
Every year on 10th August at 8:15 am, twenty-one cannon shots precede the departure of the bread cart, accompanied by music, for the traditional collection of “cuddure” (ring-shaped biscuits), offered to St. Sebastian.
Loud noises, firecrackers, music, voices and shouting can be heard early in the morning.

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

Some prestigious works

The interior and its masterpieces

The colours of the cathedral

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Prominent façade

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Norman apses

One city, two sites

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

A square as the heart of the city

A colourful floor

The wall comes to life

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some masterpieces

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

An eagle-shaped city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A majestic and luminous church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A triumph of colour

From International Gothic to present day

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

The Burgos crucifix

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A prominent church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

The chocolate of Modica

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Baroque town by the sea

Feasting in Palazzolo

A talking palace

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

A miniature city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The internal colours

A new site for a new city

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A symbol for the town

A city in colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The disastrous earthquake

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

A half-Baroque church

A museum to save a tradition

The city of museums

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

One city, three sites

Wonderful quick decorations

A hall for the feasts

Between white and black

The Staircase of Angels

The two churches

Feast days

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Searching for colour

A long reconstruction

New roads for Catania

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano