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.

New roads for Catania

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Burgos crucifix

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The chocolate of Modica

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Prominent façade

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Baroque town by the sea

Norman apses

The city of museums

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The colours of the cathedral

Some prestigious works

The Maiolica of the staircase

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The wall comes to life

A new site for a new city

A small room with a golden entrance

An eagle-shaped city

A feast only for Scicli

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Feast days

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

The church of Carmine

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A triumph of colour

The disastrous earthquake

A half-Baroque church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A square as the heart of the city

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Two illustrious patron saints

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

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Some masterpieces

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A hall for the feasts

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new site for a new church

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A symbol for the town

The two churches

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A majestic and luminous church

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

From International Gothic to present day

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

One city, two sites

A museum to save a tradition

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A long reconstruction

The Staircase of Angels

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

Between white and black

A talking palace

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Discovering the mother church

Many owners, one palace

A prominent church

A miniature city

A colourful floor

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The interior and its masterpieces

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Searching for colour

The theatre of taste

A Nobel Prize in Modica