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.

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Between white and black

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A city in colour

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The theatre of taste

A triumph of colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The city of museums

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Norman apses

A museum to save a tradition

Feasting in Palazzolo

A miniature city

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

A talking palace

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

One city, three sites

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Many owners, one palace

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Two illustrious patron saints

The church of Carmine

A Nobel Prize in Modica

An eagle-shaped city

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Maiolica of the staircase

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The interior and its masterpieces

The Burgos crucifix

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

New roads for Catania

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The internal colours

The two churches

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A colourful floor

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A prominent church

Feast days

From International Gothic to present day

A majestic and luminous church

A new site for a new church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Wonderful quick decorations

The Baroque town by the sea

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The chocolate of Modica

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A feast only for Scicli

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts

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

The wall comes to life

A long reconstruction

The colours of the cathedral

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Prominent façade

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

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

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

A new site for a new city

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A half-Baroque church

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

Some prestigious works

The disastrous earthquake

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Discovering the mother church

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

Searching for colour

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata