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)

Wonderful quick decorations

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The internal colours

The Staircase of Angels

A feast only for Scicli

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A majestic and luminous church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A talking palace

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Some masterpieces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A prominent church

Between white and black

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A triumph of colour

The colours of the cathedral

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The wall comes to life

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Burgos crucifix

Norman apses

Many owners, one palace

The city of museums

One city, two sites

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

The church of Carmine

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A long reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Discovering the mother church

A colourful floor

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Modica, a city with ancient origins

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The chocolate of Modica

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The interior and its masterpieces

Some prestigious works

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

Searching for colour

New roads for Catania

A symbol for the town

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

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The two churches

A miniature city

A small room with a golden entrance

One city, three sites

A square as the heart of the city

From International Gothic to present day

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

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A museum to save a tradition

Feast days

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The theatre of taste

A hall for the feasts

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

An eagle-shaped city

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A new site for a new church