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.

Some prestigious works

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A feast only for Scicli

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Feasting in Palazzolo

A long reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A city in colour

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

A triumph of colour

The city of museums

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

New roads for Catania

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A miniature city

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The theatre of taste

The church of Carmine

The wall comes to life

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Many owners, one palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

From International Gothic to present day

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

Between white and black

A talking palace

The chocolate of Modica

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The internal colours

A half-Baroque church

The Burgos crucifix

A museum to save a tradition

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Feast days

A new site for a new city

The disastrous earthquake

A symbol for the town

Some masterpieces

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

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

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

The Staircase of Angels

A colourful floor

Discovering the mother church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Baroque town by the sea

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A square as the heart of the city

Searching for colour

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Norman apses

Prominent façade

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Two illustrious patron saints

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

One city, two sites

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new church

The two churches

A small room with a golden entrance

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city