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 small room with a golden entrance

A triumph of colour

The colours of the cathedral

The two churches

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A miniature city

The chocolate of Modica

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Staircase of Angels

From International Gothic to present day

The city of museums

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Discovering the mother church

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A hall for the feasts

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A prominent church

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

A new site for a new church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Many owners, one palace

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A museum to save a tradition

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Maiolica of the staircase

The church of Carmine

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Some prestigious works

Feasting in Palazzolo

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A majestic and luminous church

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

A long reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Baroque town by the sea

The disastrous earthquake

A colourful floor

An eagle-shaped city

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some masterpieces

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Norman apses

Prominent façade

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new site for a new city

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, three sites

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A half-Baroque church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The wall comes to life

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Between white and black

Two illustrious patron saints

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A symbol for the town

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

New roads for Catania

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

The theatre of taste

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

One city, two sites

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Feast days