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 city of museums

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A museum to save a tradition

Feasting in Palazzolo

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A half-Baroque church

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The colours of the cathedral

The two churches

Many owners, one palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

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

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

A new site for a new church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feast days

Some masterpieces

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

One city, three sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A city in colour

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Staircase of Angels

A symbol for the town

A feast only for Scicli

Between white and black

A triumph of colour

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The theatre of taste

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The internal colours

Wonderful quick decorations

A miniature city

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Searching for colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Burgos crucifix

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A small room with a golden entrance

A square as the heart of the city

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

Prominent façade

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A majestic and luminous church

From International Gothic to present day

Discovering the mother church

The interior and its masterpieces

The façade used as a puppet theatre

New roads for Catania

An eagle-shaped city

A talking palace

The church of Carmine

The chocolate of Modica

Norman apses

The wall comes to life

Some prestigious works

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

A hall for the feasts

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A new site for a new city

A colourful floor

One city, two sites

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Baroque town by the sea