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.

An eagle-shaped city

A symbol for the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A feast only for Scicli

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Maiolica of the staircase

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Feasting in Palazzolo

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

One city, three sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

New roads for Catania

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A new site for a new city

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Burgos crucifix

A square as the heart of the city

The internal colours

Discovering the mother church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Between white and black

The Staircase of Angels

A hall for the feasts

A half-Baroque church

A miniature city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A prominent church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

A museum to save a tradition

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

One city, two sites

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Prominent façade

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The Baroque town by the sea

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The chocolate of Modica

Some prestigious works

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The disastrous earthquake

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The city of museums

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Feast days

A talking palace

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

The wall comes to life

From International Gothic to present day

The theatre of taste

Wonderful quick decorations

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Searching for colour

The church of Carmine

A city in colour

A long reconstruction

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some masterpieces

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The two churches

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

A colourful floor