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.

Discovering the mother church

Between white and black

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The disastrous earthquake

A triumph of colour

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A long reconstruction

The interior and its masterpieces

Searching for colour

The theatre of taste

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Norman apses

The wall comes to life

From International Gothic to present day

Many owners, one palace

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A majestic and luminous church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

One city, three sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A feast only for Scicli

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

A museum to save a tradition

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A talking palace

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The internal colours

A city in colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The chocolate of Modica

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A symbol for the town

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Wonderful quick decorations

A half-Baroque church

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Two illustrious patron saints

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

A miniature city

Some masterpieces

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

The colours of the cathedral

The Maiolica of the staircase

Feast days

An eagle-shaped city

The two churches

The church of Carmine

A colourful floor

A new site for a new church

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A prominent church

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A small room with a golden entrance

The city of museums

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Prominent façade

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Some prestigious works

One city, two sites

The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Baroque town by the sea