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.

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A long reconstruction

The wall comes to life

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A triumph of colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Many owners, one palace

The disastrous earthquake

Norman apses

Feast days

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A city in colour

A prominent church

The two churches

A new site for a new city

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

A small room with a golden entrance

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Two illustrious patron saints

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Some prestigious works

One city, two sites

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

Between white and black

A symbol for the town

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Feasting in Palazzolo

An eagle-shaped city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

A feast only for Scicli

A hall for the feasts

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The internal colours

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

One city, three sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Discovering the mother church

The interior and its masterpieces

A majestic and luminous church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Maiolica of the staircase

Prominent façade

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

New roads for Catania

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The city of museums

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Searching for colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Wonderful quick decorations

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The church of Carmine

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A colourful floor

A miniature city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A square as the heart of the city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

From International Gothic to present day

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

The colours of the cathedral

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

Some masterpieces

The chocolate of Modica

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

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

The Staircase of Angels

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A talking palace

A half-Baroque church

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto