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.

The chocolate of Modica

New roads for Catania

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Two illustrious patron saints

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Searching for colour

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

A hall for the feasts

Feast days

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Burgos crucifix

An eagle-shaped city

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

One city, two sites

The theatre of taste

A museum to save a tradition

The two churches

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Feasting in Palazzolo

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

A new site for a new city

A prominent church

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Norman apses

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Some masterpieces

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A feast only for Scicli

A majestic and luminous church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A symbol for the town

A colourful floor

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The city of museums

The internal colours

A talking palace

The disastrous earthquake

One city, three sites

A city in colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A long reconstruction

Discovering the mother church

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

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The interior and its masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The colours of the cathedral

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

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A triumph of colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Some prestigious works

The church of Carmine

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

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

Many owners, one palace