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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.

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Baroque town by the sea

The city of museums

A prominent church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Some prestigious works

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

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The church of Carmine

Discovering the mother church

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

One city, three sites

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A city in colour

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Wonderful quick decorations

Feast days

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A triumph of colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new city

The theatre of taste

The two churches

Searching for colour

A small room with a golden entrance

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A hall for the feasts

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

Some masterpieces

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

The chocolate of Modica

One city, two sites

Prominent façade

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A feast only for Scicli

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

Between white and black

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A talking palace

Norman apses

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A new site for a new church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Two illustrious patron saints

Many owners, one palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

New roads for Catania

From International Gothic to present day

The internal colours

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A long reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Burgos crucifix

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Maiolica of the staircase

A symbol for the town

The colours of the cathedral

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A colourful floor

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

The Staircase of Angels

A miniature city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A half-Baroque church

A majestic and luminous church

A Nobel Prize in Modica