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 role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

An eagle-shaped city

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

From International Gothic to present day

A new site for a new city

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A triumph of colour

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some masterpieces

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A majestic and luminous church

The colours of the cathedral

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A museum to save a tradition

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A feast only for Scicli

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Wonderful quick decorations

One city, three sites

Some prestigious works

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A miniature city

A hall for the feasts

Prominent façade

The Baroque town by the sea

The disastrous earthquake

A prominent church

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A long reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

A half-Baroque church

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

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Norman apses

Two illustrious patron saints

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The theatre of taste

Many owners, one palace

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

The wall comes to life

Feast days

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Discovering the mother church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A city in colour

The two churches

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A symbol for the town

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

New roads for Catania

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new site for a new church

The chocolate of Modica

The internal colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The city of museums

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A colourful floor

The Staircase of Angels

The interior and its masterpieces

Between white and black

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Searching for colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The church of Carmine

Feasting in Palazzolo

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

A small room with a golden entrance