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 half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Norman apses

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The city of museums

A museum to save a tradition

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A long reconstruction

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Many owners, one palace

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The Burgos crucifix

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A square as the heart of the city

A symbol for the town

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

A majestic and luminous church

A colourful floor

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

An eagle-shaped city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The church of Carmine

Two illustrious patron saints

A talking palace

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A prominent church

Some prestigious works

Feast days

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A city in colour

A feast only for Scicli

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Searching for colour

The theatre of taste

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new city

New roads for Catania

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A small room with a golden entrance

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A triumph of colour

A miniature city

The disastrous earthquake

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

The wall comes to life

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Staircase of Angels

A hall for the feasts

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Between white and black

Some masterpieces

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Prominent façade

The internal colours

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The chocolate of Modica

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

Discovering the mother church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Baroque town by the sea

One city, three sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The two churches

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A new site for a new church

One city, two sites

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe