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 senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The internal colours

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Maiolica of the staircase

A symbol for the town

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

Norman apses

A majestic and luminous church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A museum to save a tradition

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The wall comes to life

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A city in colour

A triumph of colour

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

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

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A long reconstruction

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Prominent façade

Searching for colour

Some prestigious works

Some masterpieces

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Feast days

Between white and black

One city, three sites

The church of Carmine

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

From International Gothic to present day

New roads for Catania

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The colours of the cathedral

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A miniature city

A colourful floor

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

One city, two sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The chocolate of Modica

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Feasting in Palazzolo

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

The disastrous earthquake

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Wonderful quick decorations

A feast only for Scicli

Discovering the mother church

The theatre of taste

A new site for a new church

The Burgos crucifix

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The two churches

A prominent church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A square as the heart of the city

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A half-Baroque church

A small room with a golden entrance

An eagle-shaped city

The city of museums

A new site for a new city

Two illustrious patron saints

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A talking palace

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