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 Maiolica of the staircase

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The chocolate of Modica

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The internal colours

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Prominent façade

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

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

A small room with a golden entrance

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

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

A colourful floor

A square as the heart of the city

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Norman apses

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A miniature city

Searching for colour

One city, two sites

A talking palace

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Wonderful quick decorations

The theatre of taste

The Burgos crucifix

A city in colour

The Staircase of Angels

The wall comes to life

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Baroque town by the sea

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Some prestigious works

A feast only for Scicli

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A long reconstruction

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

The two churches

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Some masterpieces

Many owners, one palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new church

A majestic and luminous church

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

An eagle-shaped city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Between white and black

The colours of the cathedral

Feast days

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The disastrous earthquake

Feasting in Palazzolo

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A half-Baroque church

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A museum to save a tradition

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

From International Gothic to present day

A triumph of colour

A symbol for the town

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The city of museums

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The interior and its masterpieces