Scicli

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.
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New roads for Catania

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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A half-Baroque church

The Burgos crucifix

A majestic and luminous church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Staircase of Angels

A city in colour

A long reconstruction

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Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The wall comes to life

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The two churches

Prominent façade

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The interior and its masterpieces

The city of museums

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

Between white and black

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One city, two sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Some masterpieces

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

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

The theatre of taste

A colourful floor

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Discovering the mother church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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A new site for a new city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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A triumph of colour

Wonderful quick decorations

Some prestigious works

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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St. Sebastian, so much work!

Norman apses

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Modica, a city with ancient origins

The colours of the cathedral

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Two illustrious patron saints

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Feasting in Palazzolo

Feast days

The disastrous earthquake

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A new site for a new church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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A prominent church

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A miniature city

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

The Baroque town by the sea

One city, three sites

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

A museum to save a tradition

A small room with a golden entrance

A hall for the feasts

Searching for colour

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A talking palace