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A triumph of colour

The entrance to San Giovanni Evangelista (St. John the Evangelist) is through a long, narrow and dark antechamber which gives onto a large, wide and bright oval hall. The colourful interior decorations embellish and characterise the room. Blue features prominently, like a ribbon tying the space together. The walls are embellished with golden stucco decorations that shine and sparkle whenever a ray of sunshine hits them.

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The church is also made brighter by the large windows that open onto the vault, whose colourful glass filters yellow, green and blue light.

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 A wonderful 19th-century fresco with the Glory of St. Benedict completes the vault, and a whirlwind of angels welcomes the saint among the blessed. Once in the final part of the church, the area of the apse is a triumph of gold; a brilliant decoration illuminates the space reserved for liturgical services. At the end, a beautiful aedicula , behind the altar guards the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, which completes the decorative display.

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La volta La statua della cappella

The theatre of taste

Some prestigious works

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A triumph of colour

From International Gothic to present day

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

A new site for a new city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

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

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

Norman apses

Wonderful quick decorations

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Prominent façade

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The two churches

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Staircase of Angels

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A feast only for Scicli

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The wall comes to life

A city in colour

The disastrous earthquake

A symbol for the town

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Between white and black

Searching for colour

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A half-Baroque church

The internal colours

One city, three sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A hall for the feasts

Some masterpieces

A museum to save a tradition

A majestic and luminous church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Many owners, one palace

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

Feast days

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Discovering the mother church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Two illustrious patron saints

The city of museums

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

A talking palace

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

One city, two sites

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

The interior and its masterpieces

A new site for a new church

A long reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A miniature city

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A small room with a golden entrance

The Baroque town by the sea

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The colours of the cathedral

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Burgos crucifix

The church of Carmine

A colourful floor

The chocolate of Modica

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Connections with other UNESCO sites

An eagle-shaped city

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

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