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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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Feast days

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A miniature city

The interior and its masterpieces

Norman apses

Wonderful quick decorations

Two illustrious patron saints

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A small room with a golden entrance

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The chocolate of Modica

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

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Many owners, one palace

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

From International Gothic to present day

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The internal colours

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A colourful floor

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A square as the heart of the city

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Searching for colour

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One city, two sites

New roads for Catania

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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Some prestigious works

A prominent church

The Maiolica of the staircase

The colours of the cathedral

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A feast only for Scicli

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

A new site for a new church

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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The Staircase of Angels

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Some masterpieces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The church of Carmine

A long reconstruction

The wall comes to life

The disastrous earthquake

One city, three sites

A new site for a new city

A half-Baroque church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Discovering the mother church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The theatre of taste

A triumph of colour

A city in colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A symbol for the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A hall for the feasts

The Burgos crucifix

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Between white and black

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

A museum to save a tradition

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The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The city of museums

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The Baroque town by the sea

Feasting in Palazzolo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Prominent façade

Connections with other UNESCO sites

An eagle-shaped city

A majestic and luminous church

The two churches

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A talking palace

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