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.

sight
The dark railing

zoom La scura ringhiera
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.

Discovering the mother church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A triumph of colour

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

Between white and black

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Searching for colour

The two churches

Feast days

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new city

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Some prestigious works

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A half-Baroque church

The colours of the cathedral

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A small room with a golden entrance

New roads for Catania

A museum to save a tradition

A majestic and luminous church

Prominent façade

A new site for a new church

A talking palace

One city, three sites

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

The Baroque town by the sea

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

A long reconstruction

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

From International Gothic to present day

The internal colours

The Burgos crucifix

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Many owners, one palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Wonderful quick decorations

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The disastrous earthquake

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A colourful floor

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The wall comes to life

Some masterpieces

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A symbol for the town

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A feast only for Scicli

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The city of museums

The church of Carmine

An eagle-shaped city

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Maiolica of the staircase

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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 square as the heart of the city

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Two illustrious patron saints

The theatre of taste

Norman apses

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata