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.

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The disastrous earthquake

A symbol for the town

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

Searching for colour

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The city of museums

A majestic and luminous church

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

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new site for a new city

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A colourful floor

From International Gothic to present day

A half-Baroque church

The wall comes to life

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The chocolate of Modica

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Feast days

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Two illustrious patron saints

A feast only for Scicli

The internal colours

A new site for a new church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Wonderful quick decorations

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The interior and its masterpieces

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

Prominent façade

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

One city, two sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The theatre of taste

A triumph of colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Norman apses

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

A hall for the feasts

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

New roads for Catania

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A miniature city

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

A small room with a golden entrance

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A long reconstruction

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

One city, three sites

The church of Carmine

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

The Burgos crucifix

Discovering the mother church

The two churches

Between white and black

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Staircase of Angels

A museum to save a tradition

A talking palace

A prominent church

Some masterpieces

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

Many owners, one palace