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 prominent church

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

Some prestigious works

Two illustrious patron saints

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

One city, two sites

A majestic and luminous church

A colourful floor

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A feast only for Scicli

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A hall for the feasts

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

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

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

The disastrous earthquake

The city of museums

Wonderful quick decorations

The chocolate of Modica

A triumph of colour

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

An eagle-shaped city

Searching for colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A new site for a new city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Feast days

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The internal colours

A square as the heart of the city

The Staircase of Angels

One city, three sites

The Baroque town by the sea

The Burgos crucifix

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

Many owners, one palace

A symbol for the town

A city in colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The theatre of taste

Some masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A museum to save a tradition

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A miniature city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The wall comes to life

The Maiolica of the staircase

The colours of the cathedral

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A talking palace

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The church of Carmine

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A half-Baroque church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A small room with a golden entrance

Feasting in Palazzolo

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A long reconstruction

New roads for Catania

The two churches

Between white and black

A new site for a new church

Prominent façade

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Norman apses