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 hall for the feasts

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Some masterpieces

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Feasting in Palazzolo

The chocolate of Modica

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Searching for colour

The city of museums

The interior and its masterpieces

Between white and black

The two churches

Connections with other UNESCO sites

One city, two sites

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Baroque town by the sea

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

One city, three sites

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From International Gothic to present day

Prominent façade

A feast only for Scicli

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A Nobel Prize in Modica

New roads for Catania

The Burgos crucifix

Two illustrious patron saints

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Many owners, one palace

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

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

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

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

A new site for a new city

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Wonderful quick decorations

The church of Carmine

A prominent church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

A museum to save a tradition

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The wall comes to life

A symbol for the town

A talking palace

A miniature city

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

An eagle-shaped city

Feast days

A square as the heart of the city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Some prestigious works

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A small room with a golden entrance

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The colours of the cathedral

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

A majestic and luminous church

A half-Baroque church

Norman apses

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A long reconstruction

A colourful floor

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

The internal colours

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

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