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.

A half-Baroque church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A feast only for Scicli

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

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A colourful floor

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The façade used as a puppet theatre

From International Gothic to present day

A museum to save a tradition

A miniature city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

New roads for Catania

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Burgos crucifix

A new site for a new city

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

A city in colour

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

The theatre of taste

The wall comes to life

A long reconstruction

Feast days

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The interior and its masterpieces

The chocolate of Modica

A prominent church

The two churches

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Limestone, the colour of harmony

One city, three sites

Some masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

An eagle-shaped city

Discovering the mother church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A small room with a golden entrance

Wonderful quick decorations

The internal colours

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new church

A triumph of colour

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

Some prestigious works

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

A hall for the feasts

The Staircase of Angels

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The disastrous earthquake

Two illustrious patron saints

Prominent façade

A talking palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Feasting in Palazzolo

One city, two sites

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Searching for colour

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

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

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

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

The city of museums

Between white and black

The church of Carmine

A symbol for the town

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