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.

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Some masterpieces

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A city in colour

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Many owners, one palace

A colourful floor

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A triumph of colour

A majestic and luminous church

One city, three sites

A new site for a new city

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

St. Sebastian, so much work!

One city, two sites

A prominent church

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

The internal colours

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

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

Between white and black

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A square as the heart of the city

A long reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

From International Gothic to present day

The Baroque town by the sea

The colours of the cathedral

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The church of Carmine

A small room with a golden entrance

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Norman apses

A symbol for the town

The Burgos crucifix

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Prominent façade

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The interior and its masterpieces

Discovering the mother church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Searching for colour

The Staircase of Angels

Two illustrious patron saints

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The city of museums

A talking palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The chocolate of Modica

A hall for the feasts

Feast days

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A half-Baroque church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The disastrous earthquake

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Some prestigious works

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

An eagle-shaped city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A feast only for Scicli

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

The wall comes to life

New roads for Catania

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

A museum to save a tradition