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.

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

From International Gothic to present day

Wonderful quick decorations

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

The city of museums

A new site for a new city

A small room with a golden entrance

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

Feast days

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A feast only for Scicli

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The church of Carmine

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

One city, two sites

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

A triumph of colour

Some prestigious works

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, three sites

A long reconstruction

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Maiolica of the staircase

Searching for colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A Nobel Prize in Modica

An eagle-shaped city

A half-Baroque church

The theatre of taste

Discovering the mother church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A museum to save a tradition

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A hall for the feasts

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A city in colour

A symbol for the town

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Staircase of Angels

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Burgos crucifix

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Prominent façade

Two illustrious patron saints

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

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

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Between white and black

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A prominent church

The two churches

A square as the heart of the city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The wall comes to life

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A talking palace

Some masterpieces

The chocolate of Modica

New roads for Catania

The disastrous earthquake

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The internal colours

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new site for a new church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Norman apses

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

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The interior and its masterpieces