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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.

Prominent façade

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Baroque town by the sea

The chocolate of Modica

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The disastrous earthquake

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

Two illustrious patron saints

New roads for Catania

Wonderful quick decorations

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Staircase of Angels

The wall comes to life

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The church of Carmine

Feast days

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new church

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some prestigious works

A symbol for the town

One city, two sites

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A triumph of colour

A majestic and luminous church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The interior and its masterpieces

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A city in colour

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A museum to save a tradition

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Burgos crucifix

Norman apses

An eagle-shaped city

Many owners, one palace

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A hall for the feasts

The city of museums

A long reconstruction

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The two churches

The theatre of taste

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The colours of the cathedral

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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 senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A feast only for Scicli

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Discovering the mother church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A talking palace

A miniature city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new site for a new city

From International Gothic to present day

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A small room with a golden entrance

Some masterpieces

A prominent church

The internal colours

One city, three sites

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Searching for colour

A square as the heart of the city