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.

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Burgos crucifix

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A miniature city

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

Some prestigious works

The theatre of taste

The interior and its masterpieces

Prominent façade

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Discovering the mother church

A majestic and luminous church

A colourful floor

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Feast days

The wall comes to life

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Staircase of Angels

One city, two sites

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new site for a new church

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The city of museums

A city in colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Norman apses

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Some masterpieces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A prominent church

The colours of the cathedral

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

A symbol for the town

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

One city, three sites

An eagle-shaped city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A small room with a golden entrance

A long reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

New roads for Catania

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Searching for colour

Two illustrious patron saints

The disastrous earthquake

Wonderful quick decorations

A half-Baroque church

A feast only for Scicli

A square as the heart of the city

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The internal colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The two churches

From International Gothic to present day

The Maiolica of the staircase

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Baroque town by the sea

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A museum to save a tradition

A talking palace

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The church of Carmine

A hall for the feasts

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

Between white and black

A triumph of colour

The chocolate of Modica