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.

New roads for Catania

A half-Baroque church

The chocolate of Modica

The church of Carmine

A hall for the feasts

An eagle-shaped city

Some masterpieces

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A long reconstruction

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new site for a new city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A symbol for the town

The Baroque town by the sea

A talking palace

Between white and black

Discovering the mother church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Many owners, one palace

The Maiolica of the staircase

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A feast only for Scicli

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

From International Gothic to present day

The wall comes to life

The interior and its masterpieces

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Wonderful quick decorations

One city, three sites

A colourful floor

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

Norman apses

The disastrous earthquake

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Prominent façade

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

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

The two churches

The city of museums

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

Two illustrious patron saints

A square as the heart of the city

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The internal colours

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A city in colour

A triumph of colour

A small room with a golden entrance

A new site for a new church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A miniature city

A museum to save a tradition

A majestic and luminous church

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

One city, two sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The colours of the cathedral

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

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

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

A prominent church

The theatre of taste

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town