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.

The internal colours

Feasting in Palazzolo

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A feast only for Scicli

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Baroque town by the sea

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A triumph of colour

The colours of the cathedral

From International Gothic to present day

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Prominent façade

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Between white and black

The wall comes to life

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

One city, three sites

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Two illustrious patron saints

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Burgos crucifix

The church of Carmine

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Maiolica of the staircase

One city, two sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Some masterpieces

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Many owners, one palace

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A prominent church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The two churches

A colourful floor

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

Norman apses

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The theatre of taste

Feast days

A small room with a golden entrance

The city of museums

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Discovering the mother church

A talking palace

A museum to save a tradition

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Staircase of Angels

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some prestigious works

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

New roads for Catania

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Wonderful quick decorations

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The chocolate of Modica

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A square as the heart of the city

A hall for the feasts

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Searching for colour

A new site for a new city

A half-Baroque church

The interior and its masterpieces

A symbol for the town

A city in colour

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom