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.

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, two sites

The city of museums

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Staircase of Angels

The wall comes to life

A city in colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Feast days

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The disastrous earthquake

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A long reconstruction

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Some prestigious works

An eagle-shaped city

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

A square as the heart of the city

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

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

Searching for colour

Limestone, the colour of harmony

One city, three sites

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The theatre of taste

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Discovering the mother church

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A prominent church

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

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A feast only for Scicli

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Some masterpieces

A small room with a golden entrance

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

New roads for Catania

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A museum to save a tradition

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A symbol for the town

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Between white and black

A new site for a new church

The church of Carmine

The chocolate of Modica

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A colourful floor

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A new site for a new city

Norman apses

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The two churches

The colours of the cathedral

A triumph of colour

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Two illustrious patron saints

Many owners, one palace

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A talking palace

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A half-Baroque church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Burgos crucifix

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The internal colours

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A hall for the feasts

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers