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 city of museums

A half-Baroque church

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Wonderful quick decorations

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

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

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

One city, two sites

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Some prestigious works

The church of Carmine

A small room with a golden entrance

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

An eagle-shaped city

A city in colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

From International Gothic to present day

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Feast days

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

A hall for the feasts

The chocolate of Modica

A prominent church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Searching for colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A triumph of colour

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

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

Many owners, one palace

A new site for a new city

New roads for Catania

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Burgos crucifix

The wall comes to life

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A long reconstruction

The theatre of taste

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A talking palace

A symbol for the town

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A museum to save a tradition

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

The Baroque town by the sea

The internal colours

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Between white and black

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A colourful floor

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A feast only for Scicli

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Prominent façade

The colours of the cathedral

Some masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Norman apses

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph