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.

Some prestigious works

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Norman apses

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A new site for a new city

A symbol for the town

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

One city, three sites

A hall for the feasts

The colours of the cathedral

One city, two sites

Feast days

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A museum to save a tradition

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

New roads for Catania

Prominent façade

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

Searching for colour

A square as the heart of the city

The two churches

Between white and black

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A colourful floor

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

A new site for a new church

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

A triumph of colour

A talking palace

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Many owners, one palace

The wall comes to life

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Discovering the mother church

The Burgos crucifix

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

An eagle-shaped city

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

The internal colours

A long reconstruction

The theatre of taste

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The chocolate of Modica

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A miniature city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Some masterpieces

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A prominent church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The Staircase of Angels

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Two illustrious patron saints

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A majestic and luminous church

A half-Baroque church

Feasting in Palazzolo

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

The church of Carmine

From International Gothic to present day

The Maiolica of the staircase

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The interior and its masterpieces

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Wonderful quick decorations

The city of museums

The character of Badia Sant’Agata