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.

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some prestigious works

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Discovering the mother church

One city, two sites

A museum to save a tradition

New roads for Catania

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Two illustrious patron saints

The Staircase of Angels

A miniature city

A half-Baroque church

The Maiolica of the staircase

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

An eagle-shaped city

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A hall for the feasts

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The two churches

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A majestic and luminous church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

From International Gothic to present day

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Baroque town by the sea

The chocolate of Modica

A talking palace

The theatre of taste

A square as the heart of the city

Norman apses

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A prominent church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Burgos crucifix

The interior and its masterpieces

A triumph of colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Feast days

A small room with a golden entrance

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

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

A city in colour

The colours of the cathedral

The church of Carmine

The city of museums

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

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A long reconstruction

The internal colours

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Feasting in Palazzolo

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A feast only for Scicli

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

Prominent façade

Wonderful quick decorations

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Many owners, one palace

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

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

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Searching for colour

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

One city, three sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

A colourful floor

A new site for a new church

Limestone, the colour of harmony