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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.

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feast days

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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Some prestigious works

One city, two sites

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The two churches

The Staircase of Angels

One city, three sites

A long reconstruction

A prominent church

A square as the heart of the city

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A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The city of museums

A talking palace

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Wonderful quick decorations

Discovering the mother church

Some masterpieces

A small room with a golden entrance

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The interior and its masterpieces

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

The disastrous earthquake

From International Gothic to present day

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A hall for the feasts

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

A new site for a new church

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Baroque town by the sea

A feast only for Scicli

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A colourful floor

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A city in colour

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Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Burgos crucifix

Norman apses

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Prominent façade

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

St. Sebastian, so much work!

An eagle-shaped city

Feasting in Palazzolo

Between white and black

Searching for colour

The Maiolica of the staircase

A half-Baroque church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The chocolate of Modica

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A symbol for the town

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Two illustrious patron saints

The internal colours

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The theatre of taste

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A triumph of colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A museum to save a tradition

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Many owners, one palace

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

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

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A new site for a new city

The wall comes to life

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A miniature city

A majestic and luminous church