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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.
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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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The colours of the cathedral

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Some masterpieces

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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Limestone, the colour of harmony

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The two churches

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Feast days

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

A triumph of colour

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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Some prestigious works

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

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The Staircase of Angels

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Connections with other UNESCO sites

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The Maiolica of the staircase

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The façade used as a puppet theatre

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Searching for colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

An eagle-shaped city

The chocolate of Modica

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Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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Norman apses

The Burgos crucifix

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New roads for Catania

A square as the heart of the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The disastrous earthquake

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The wall comes to life

A museum to save a tradition

A symbol for the town

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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A miniature city

Prominent façade

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Feasting in Palazzolo

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The theatre of taste

The internal colours

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Wonderful quick decorations

The church of Carmine

Two illustrious patron saints

A half-Baroque church

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A colourful floor

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The interior and its masterpieces

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Many owners, one palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

One city, two sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers