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.

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

The internal colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The city of museums

A square as the heart of the city

A colourful floor

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Some prestigious works

New roads for Catania

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

Feast days

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Between white and black

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Wonderful quick decorations

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A hall for the feasts

Some masterpieces

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

Discovering the mother church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A feast only for Scicli

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The two churches

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Prominent façade

A majestic and luminous church

A triumph of colour

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

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

A city in colour

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The theatre of taste

Norman apses

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Searching for colour

An eagle-shaped city

A new site for a new city

The wall comes to life

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Connections with other UNESCO sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The disastrous earthquake

The interior and its masterpieces

A new site for a new church

A symbol for the town

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The chocolate of Modica

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A long reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Maiolica of the staircase

One city, two sites

The Baroque town by the sea

A prominent church

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

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

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A talking palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

From International Gothic to present day

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A miniature city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The colours of the cathedral

The Staircase of Angels

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Two illustrious patron saints

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The church of Carmine

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)