Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

hearing
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.

Feast days

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A museum to save a tradition

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

A long reconstruction

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

A square as the heart of the city

The city of museums

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A prominent church

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

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Searching for colour

A small room with a golden entrance

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

A feast only for Scicli

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

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

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Prominent façade

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Discovering the mother church

A talking palace

Some masterpieces

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Staircase of Angels

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Two illustrious patron saints

The internal colours

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

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

A miniature city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A symbol for the town

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The church of Carmine

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

The Burgos crucifix

The two churches

A new site for a new city

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new site for a new church

The theatre of taste

One city, two sites

The chocolate of Modica

Some prestigious works

The Baroque town by the sea

Between white and black

One city, three sites

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

New roads for Catania

A colourful floor

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Many owners, one palace

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A half-Baroque church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Maiolica of the staircase

A city in colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A triumph of colour

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Norman apses

A majestic and luminous church

Feasting in Palazzolo

Modica, a city with ancient origins

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras