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 the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A triumph of colour

The Staircase of Angels

Feast days

Wonderful quick decorations

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Burgos crucifix

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A majestic and luminous church

A symbol for the town

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

The city of museums

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A half-Baroque church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The theatre of taste

A Nobel Prize in Modica

New roads for Catania

A miniature city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

A hall for the feasts

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Maiolica of the staircase

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The interior and its masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

One city, three sites

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Discovering the mother church

A museum to save a tradition

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The two churches

A feast only for Scicli

A square as the heart of the city

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

Many owners, one palace

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A small room with a golden entrance

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Two illustrious patron saints

The church of Carmine

A new site for a new city

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

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

A long reconstruction

Prominent façade

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

One city, two sites

A city in colour

The colours of the cathedral

A new site for a new church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A prominent church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Some prestigious works

Between white and black

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The disastrous earthquake

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A talking palace

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Feasting in Palazzolo

Norman apses

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

Searching for colour

The façade used as a puppet theatre

An eagle-shaped city

A colourful floor

The wall comes to life