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 role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

The disastrous earthquake

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A hall for the feasts

A new site for a new city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, two sites

A miniature city

Feasting in Palazzolo

New roads for Catania

A majestic and luminous church

Many owners, one palace

The chocolate of Modica

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

Some prestigious works

A half-Baroque church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A square as the heart of the city

The city of museums

A museum to save a tradition

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The theatre of taste

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Feast days

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

A new site for a new church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A feast only for Scicli

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

From International Gothic to present day

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

A symbol for the town

Some masterpieces

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The church of Carmine

A triumph of colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

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

A colourful floor

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Staircase of Angels

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

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The interior and its masterpieces

Norman apses

A city in colour

The Burgos crucifix

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A talking palace

The internal colours

The Baroque town by the sea

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The wall comes to life

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A prominent church

Discovering the mother church

The colours of the cathedral

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

An eagle-shaped city

Prominent façade

Searching for colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A long reconstruction

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Between white and black

The two churches

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto