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

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Different materials for different temperatures

A church decorated with infinite materials that make it wonderful and precious.
If we could touch the walls and decorations of the church, we would realise how much the temperature of one material can vary compared to another: the glass windows are very cold in winter, but much warmer in summer when heated by the sun; the blue, plaster decorations are much warmer than the marble columns of the aedicula where the statue of the saint is kept; and the saint, made of wood, is warmer than all those materials.

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The church with a blue interior

The church of San Giovanni Evangelista (St. John the Evangelist) features a splendid decoration with blue and gold stuccoes from a renovation in the mid-19th century.
The artist is one Giuseppe Sesta, as can be read from an inscription at the entrance which also bears the date 1861.
The blue of the decoration is like a ribbon that runs around and ties together the church walls, lit up from time to time by the golden stuccoes.
tela crocifisso di Burgos

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The internal colours

A majestic and luminous church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The two churches

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

Discovering the mother church

Wonderful quick decorations

Norman apses

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

One city, three sites

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

A triumph of colour

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

Prominent façade

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The church of Carmine

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

One city, two sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The theatre of taste

The Maiolica of the staircase

A city in colour

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Some masterpieces

Some prestigious works

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Staircase of Angels

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

A half-Baroque church

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

New roads for Catania

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A hall for the feasts

A long reconstruction

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new city

The colours of the cathedral

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A colourful floor

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A talking palace

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A symbol for the town

A prominent church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Searching for colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A small room with a golden entrance

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

The interior and its masterpieces

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Many owners, one palace

Two illustrious patron saints

A feast only for Scicli

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A square as the heart of the city

Feast days

The disastrous earthquake

A new site for a new church

Between white and black

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

The wall comes to life

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The chocolate of Modica

The Baroque town by the sea

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Burgos crucifix

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A museum to save a tradition

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

An eagle-shaped city