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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.

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An eagle-shaped city

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The internal colours

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The Burgos crucifix

One city, three sites

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A triumph of colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A miniature city

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A square as the heart of the city

Some masterpieces

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A city in colour

The two churches

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A majestic and luminous church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Between white and black

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The church of Carmine

The Staircase of Angels

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

Feast days

The wall comes to life

A small room with a golden entrance

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

Prominent façade

A colourful floor

A hall for the feasts

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Two illustrious patron saints

From International Gothic to present day

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Baroque town by the sea

The colours of the cathedral

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A symbol for the town

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A talking palace

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A feast only for Scicli

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The city of museums

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A half-Baroque church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The theatre of taste

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

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

A new site for a new city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Some prestigious works

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

New roads for Catania

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Wonderful quick decorations

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Many owners, one palace

A museum to save a tradition

St. Sebastian, so much work!

One city, two sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Discovering the mother church

A long reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The chocolate of Modica

A prominent church

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The interior and its masterpieces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The disastrous earthquake