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.

Norman apses

Many owners, one palace

Feasting in Palazzolo

A colourful floor

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A new site for a new church

A majestic and luminous church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A small room with a golden entrance

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Some masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A miniature city

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

The chocolate of Modica

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A talking palace

A city in colour

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

Two illustrious patron saints

Between white and black

New roads for Catania

A hall for the feasts

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

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

Some prestigious works

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

A new site for a new city

Feast days

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A long reconstruction

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A square as the heart of the city

The Baroque town by the sea

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A symbol for the town

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Prominent façade

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The two churches

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A feast only for Scicli

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The colours of the cathedral

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

The Staircase of Angels

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

A half-Baroque church

The Burgos crucifix

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

One city, three sites

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Discovering the mother church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A triumph of colour

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

The city of museums

A prominent church

A museum to save a tradition

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The internal colours

The disastrous earthquake

One city, two sites

An eagle-shaped city

The theatre of taste

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Maiolica of the staircase

From International Gothic to present day

The wall comes to life

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo