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.

sight
The dark railing

zoom La scura ringhiera
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.

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The church of Carmine

A new site for a new city

The internal colours

Feasting in Palazzolo

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A half-Baroque church

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

A symbol for the town

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The wall comes to life

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A prominent church

Discovering the mother church

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A square as the heart of the city

A small room with a golden entrance

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Two illustrious patron saints

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Some masterpieces

The Maiolica of the staircase

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The theatre of taste

A hall for the feasts

Some prestigious works

A feast only for Scicli

A new site for a new church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

A majestic and luminous church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

One city, three sites

The Baroque town by the sea

The city of museums

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The disastrous earthquake

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A triumph of colour

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Prominent façade

A miniature city

Many owners, one palace

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A colourful floor

An eagle-shaped city

A talking palace

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

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Feast days

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Wonderful quick decorations

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The two churches

From International Gothic to present day

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Burgos crucifix

A long reconstruction

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The chocolate of Modica

The Staircase of Angels

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

New roads for Catania

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A city in colour

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

One city, two sites

The interior and its masterpieces

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Between white and black

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

The colours of the cathedral

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

Norman apses

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca