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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

Two illustrious patron saints

Prominent façade

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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A new site for a new church

From International Gothic to present day

Some masterpieces

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From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Many owners, one palace

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The city of museums

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Some prestigious works

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A hall for the feasts

A square as the heart of the city

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

An eagle-shaped city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A majestic and luminous church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Discovering the mother church

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A half-Baroque church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The interior and its masterpieces

The colours of the cathedral

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Feast days

The church of Carmine

A museum to save a tradition

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A miniature city

The Staircase of Angels

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The chocolate of Modica

One city, three sites

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A prominent church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The disastrous earthquake

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The theatre of taste

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A long reconstruction

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Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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The internal colours

A colourful floor

The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Sebastian, so much work!

New roads for Catania

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

A small room with a golden entrance

The Baroque town by the sea

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Wonderful quick decorations

Norman apses

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

A symbol for the town

A city in colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

Searching for colour

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

The Burgos crucifix

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A feast only for Scicli

A talking palace

The two churches

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

The wall comes to life

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A triumph of colour