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 church of Carmine

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The disastrous earthquake

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

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

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The colours of the cathedral

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A miniature city

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A city in colour

A half-Baroque church

An eagle-shaped city

The internal colours

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new site for a new city

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Wonderful quick decorations

The two churches

The Baroque town by the sea

Many owners, one palace

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A talking palace

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new site for a new church

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

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

The Burgos crucifix

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The chocolate of Modica

A long reconstruction

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

One city, two sites

From International Gothic to present day

A museum to save a tradition

A hall for the feasts

A square as the heart of the city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Prominent façade

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Some masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

One city, three sites

Searching for colour

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A feast only for Scicli

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Feast days

The theatre of taste

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The city of museums

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

New roads for Catania

A colourful floor

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A triumph of colour

Between white and black

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The wall comes to life

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Staircase of Angels

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A majestic and luminous church

A symbol for the town

The Maiolica of the staircase

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Norman apses

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A prominent church