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.

The Maiolica of the staircase

A hall for the feasts

The theatre of taste

A feast only for Scicli

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A prominent church

The colours of the cathedral

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A small room with a golden entrance

A museum to save a tradition

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A long reconstruction

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Discovering the mother church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The internal colours

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A new site for a new city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The interior and its masterpieces

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

A colourful floor

Two illustrious patron saints

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The wall comes to life

Many owners, one palace

One city, three sites

A new site for a new church

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Feasting in Palazzolo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

From International Gothic to present day

The chocolate of Modica

New roads for Catania

A miniature city

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

Between white and black

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The church of Carmine

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Prominent façade

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A square as the heart of the city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Burgos crucifix

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Some masterpieces

The city of museums

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Some prestigious works

Wonderful quick decorations

The Staircase of Angels

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

An eagle-shaped city

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

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

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

A half-Baroque church

Searching for colour

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

A majestic and luminous church

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A talking palace

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

Norman apses

Feast days

A symbol for the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The two churches

A triumph of colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?