Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

hearing
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.

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Wonderful quick decorations

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A half-Baroque church

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The two churches

The internal colours

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

One city, three sites

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The church of Carmine

The chocolate of Modica

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New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

One city, two sites

Two illustrious patron saints

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

A new site for a new city

Feast days

Some masterpieces

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The theatre of taste

Between white and black

A miniature city

A city in colour

A long reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

The disastrous earthquake

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

Some prestigious works

A square as the heart of the city

A new site for a new church

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

A hall for the feasts

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Staircase of Angels

Prominent façade

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

A majestic and luminous church

A triumph of colour

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A colourful floor

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The Burgos crucifix

An eagle-shaped city

A feast only for Scicli

A symbol for the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Norman apses

A museum to save a tradition

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Many owners, one palace

A prominent church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

The colours of the cathedral

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A small room with a golden entrance

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The interior and its masterpieces

The city of museums

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Maiolica of the staircase

The wall comes to life

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Searching for colour

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