Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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The listening masks

The masks of Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso have been watching over Via Francesco Crispi for centuries and have witnessed the passage from one era to another, right to the present day. If they could tell us what they have seen and heard, they would prove how much the world has changed.
Never taking their eyes off of passers-by, the listening masks will continue, like they did in the past, to follow anyone who happens to be on Via Crispi.

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The dark railing

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La scura ringhiera

Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso was built with a pure white stone, whose pallor is broken up from time to time by the railings of the elegant wrought iron balconies.
The curved, round-bottomed railings create an interesting contrast that adds vitality to the façade.
The white stone and the protruding black railings together create a special effect caused by the use of two very different colours.

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

A symbol for the town

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A prominent church

Feast days

A half-Baroque church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A majestic and luminous church

The city of museums

A miniature city

A colourful floor

A museum to save a tradition

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Prominent façade

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The theatre of taste

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A long reconstruction

Between white and black

Some masterpieces

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

Discovering the mother church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Two illustrious patron saints

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Searching for colour

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The two churches

The internal colours

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A hall for the feasts

A new site for a new church

Norman apses

A small room with a golden entrance

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

From International Gothic to present day

The Staircase of Angels

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

One city, two sites

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, three sites

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A triumph of colour

A new site for a new city

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A square as the heart of the city

Wonderful quick decorations

Many owners, one palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A talking palace

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

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

New roads for Catania

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The interior and its masterpieces

The chocolate of Modica

The disastrous earthquake

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The colours of the cathedral

The Burgos crucifix

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The wall comes to life

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Baroque town by the sea