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The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento (Most Blessed Sacrament), to the right of the main apse is marvellous, a veritable triumph of colours and materials. Colourful elements welcome worshippers at the entrance and form the basis of the entire chapel’s decoration.

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La cappella del Santissimo Sacramento

The polychrome polychrome altar immediately attracts the attention of passers-by. Red, green, white and gold are featured in the aedicula , where the painting of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was placed in the 19th century.
The wall decorations, the stuccoes , the gold and the blue background embellish the interior of the chapel and transport worshippers to a supernatural dimension.

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Using relief, the chapel recounts some of the most important moments in Christ’s life such as the Supper at Emmaus, carved in marble and inserted in the lower part of the altar in a medallion, and other stucco depictions placed at the sides of the altar.
These show the Offering of Melchizedek, a very important figure in the Old Testament who offers bread and wine to God in the name of Abraham, and the Last Supper in imitation of the famous fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, now kept in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A small room with a golden entrance

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

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A colourful floor

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A miniature city

Searching for colour

The Staircase of Angels

One city, two sites

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

New roads for Catania

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Burgos crucifix

The church of Carmine

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

The two churches

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Some prestigious works

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Feast days

Two illustrious patron saints

The disastrous earthquake

A museum to save a tradition

A city in colour

The Maiolica of the staircase

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

A half-Baroque church

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Prominent façade

The colours of the cathedral

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Norman apses

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A long reconstruction

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

The chocolate of Modica

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The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

Between white and black

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

The internal colours

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A hall for the feasts

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Many owners, one palace

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Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A symbol for the town

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The wall comes to life

A triumph of colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

One city, three sites

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A new site for a new church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The city of museums

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The theatre of taste

An eagle-shaped city

A talking palace

Some masterpieces

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Discovering the mother church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library