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.

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A majestic and luminous church

Discovering the mother church

One city, three sites

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The disastrous earthquake

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The church of Carmine

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

An eagle-shaped city

Some prestigious works

A feast only for Scicli

The Maiolica of the staircase

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The internal colours

Norman apses

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A city in colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

A symbol for the town

Feasting in Palazzolo

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A triumph of colour

New roads for Catania

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The wall comes to life

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Many owners, one palace

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

The Burgos crucifix

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

The theatre of taste

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The chocolate of Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A prominent church

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

A miniature city

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

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

A half-Baroque church

The Staircase of Angels

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

From International Gothic to present day

The colours of the cathedral

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The city of museums

A new site for a new city

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Two illustrious patron saints

A colourful floor

Some masterpieces

A museum to save a tradition

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

The interior and its masterpieces

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Baroque town by the sea

The façade used as a puppet theatre

One city, two sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A square as the heart of the city

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The two churches

A long reconstruction

A small room with a golden entrance

Prominent façade