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.

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Norman apses

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The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

New roads for Catania

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Between white and black

Discovering the mother church

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A colourful floor

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

The two churches

The theatre of taste

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The church of Carmine

The Staircase of Angels

A new site for a new city

A miniature city

The internal colours

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Many owners, one palace

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A majestic and luminous church

A museum to save a tradition

A city in colour

The wall comes to life

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

One city, three sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The disastrous earthquake

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

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

A prominent church

A talking palace

A half-Baroque church

A feast only for Scicli

Prominent façade

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A long reconstruction

Some prestigious works

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Burgos crucifix

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Some masterpieces

A hall for the feasts

The interior and its masterpieces

A symbol for the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Searching for colour

An eagle-shaped city

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

From International Gothic to present day

A triumph of colour

The city of museums

Feast days

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

One city, two sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Wonderful quick decorations

The chocolate of Modica

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Two illustrious patron saints