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 Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A symbol for the town

New roads for Catania

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

A city in colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Prominent façade

The city of museums

A miniature city

A half-Baroque church

Many owners, one palace

An eagle-shaped city

The church of Carmine

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Searching for colour

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A hall for the feasts

A long reconstruction

Feast days

A square as the heart of the city

The Burgos crucifix

The interior and its masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A feast only for Scicli

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Some masterpieces

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

The disastrous earthquake

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

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

A new site for a new city

The colours of the cathedral

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The chocolate of Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A triumph of colour

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Norman apses

Some prestigious works

The Maiolica of the staircase

From International Gothic to present day

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

A prominent church

Between white and black

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A talking palace

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A museum to save a tradition

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The two churches

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The theatre of taste

The Staircase of Angels

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A colourful floor

Discovering the mother church

A majestic and luminous church