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 Baroque town by the sea

The Burgos crucifix

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Between white and black

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A hall for the feasts

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A talking palace

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

From International Gothic to present day

A new site for a new city

The church of Carmine

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A square as the heart of the city

The colours of the cathedral

Norman apses

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The wall comes to life

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

Two illustrious patron saints

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A long reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A prominent church

The internal colours

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The two churches

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A feast only for Scicli

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

The city of museums

Feast days

The theatre of taste

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

New roads for Catania

Prominent façade

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, two sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The chocolate of Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

The Staircase of Angels

An eagle-shaped city

A symbol for the town

The façade used as a puppet theatre

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

A miniature city

A triumph of colour

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A city in colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A museum to save a tradition

Searching for colour

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Many owners, one palace

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

One city, three sites

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Some prestigious works

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

A colourful floor

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe