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.

Some masterpieces

A feast only for Scicli

Some prestigious works

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The Staircase of Angels

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The chocolate of Modica

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

New roads for Catania

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A colourful floor

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A symbol for the town

A talking palace

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Two illustrious patron saints

The disastrous earthquake

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The internal colours

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

A new site for a new church

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

A square as the heart of the city

Discovering the mother church

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Feasting in Palazzolo

A triumph of colour

A city in colour

The theatre of taste

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Wonderful quick decorations

The colours of the cathedral

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The wall comes to life

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

Many owners, one palace

Between white and black

The church of Carmine

A half-Baroque church

One city, two sites

Norman apses

The two churches

Prominent façade

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A hall for the feasts

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new site for a new city

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

Feast days

A majestic and luminous church

Searching for colour

The Burgos crucifix

Connections with other UNESCO sites

One city, three sites

A small room with a golden entrance

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A prominent church

A museum to save a tradition

The city of museums

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A long reconstruction

From International Gothic to present day