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 senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A long reconstruction

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Many owners, one palace

A miniature city

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

A colourful floor

Searching for colour

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

One city, three sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A prominent church

A new site for a new church

The disastrous earthquake

The internal colours

Prominent façade

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

Between white and black

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A triumph of colour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The city of museums

Feasting in Palazzolo

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Feast days

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A symbol for the town

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Some prestigious works

The interior and its masterpieces

The church of Carmine

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A city in colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The two churches

A talking palace

A hall for the feasts

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The wall comes to life

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new city

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Maiolica of the staircase

An eagle-shaped city

From International Gothic to present day

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A half-Baroque church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Some masterpieces

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A feast only for Scicli

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The chocolate of Modica

New roads for Catania

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Staircase of Angels

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The colours of the cathedral

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Two illustrious patron saints

A square as the heart of the city

A majestic and luminous church

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The theatre of taste

One city, two sites

Discovering the mother church