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 majestic and luminous church

A miniature city

The two churches

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

The Burgos crucifix

Feast days

Feasting in Palazzolo

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Some masterpieces

Limestone, the colour of harmony

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

A city in colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A museum to save a tradition

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A long reconstruction

Discovering the mother church

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

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

The Staircase of Angels

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The theatre of taste

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The church of Carmine

The internal colours

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

The wall comes to life

Norman apses

A triumph of colour

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

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

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A feast only for Scicli

A talking palace

One city, three sites

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A small room with a golden entrance

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The disastrous earthquake

The city of museums

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Searching for colour

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A half-Baroque church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A colourful floor

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

A new site for a new city

A square as the heart of the city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Baroque town by the sea

The façade used as a puppet theatre

One city, two sites

Some prestigious works

A prominent church

The colours of the cathedral

Two illustrious patron saints

The Maiolica of the staircase

A hall for the feasts

The chocolate of Modica

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

New roads for Catania

The interior and its masterpieces

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Wonderful quick decorations

A Nobel Prize in Modica