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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.

A city in colour

The internal colours

The Burgos crucifix

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A long reconstruction

Norman apses

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A feast only for Scicli

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, two sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Many owners, one palace

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A museum to save a tradition

A prominent church

A majestic and luminous church

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A colourful floor

From International Gothic to present day

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

An eagle-shaped city

The chocolate of Modica

The Baroque town by the sea

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The city of museums

The theatre of taste

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A square as the heart of the city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The colours of the cathedral

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

Searching for colour

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A talking palace

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One city, three sites

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The wall comes to life

The Maiolica of the staircase

The two churches

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The Staircase of Angels

A new site for a new church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Between white and black

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Some masterpieces

Prominent façade

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

New roads for Catania

Feasting in Palazzolo

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A hall for the feasts

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A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Wonderful quick decorations

Feast days

A symbol for the town

The disastrous earthquake

A small room with a golden entrance

A triumph of colour

A new site for a new city

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

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Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The interior and its masterpieces

A miniature city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Discovering the mother church

Some prestigious works

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The church of Carmine