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

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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.

A square as the heart of the city

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

Two illustrious patron saints

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

Some masterpieces

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Burgos crucifix

A half-Baroque church

A colourful floor

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A miniature city

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A long reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

A talking palace

The wall comes to life

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

Discovering the mother church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Some prestigious works

Feast days

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Searching for colour

Norman apses

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The colours of the cathedral

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

From International Gothic to present day

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The chocolate of Modica

The Staircase of Angels

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new site for a new city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Baroque town by the sea

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A small room with a golden entrance

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The church of Carmine

New roads for Catania

A feast only for Scicli

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Prominent façade

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

A new site for a new church

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

A city in colour

A triumph of colour

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The theatre of taste

An eagle-shaped city

A museum to save a tradition

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A hall for the feasts

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The disastrous earthquake

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

One city, two sites

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Many owners, one palace

A symbol for the town

One city, three sites

A majestic and luminous church

A prominent church

The city of museums

The two churches

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

Between white and black