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.

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A majestic and luminous church

A square as the heart of the city

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Feast days

A symbol for the town

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

From International Gothic to present day

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Discovering the mother church

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

The Burgos crucifix

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A half-Baroque church

A new site for a new church

Some masterpieces

A triumph of colour

A city in colour

A colourful floor

A long reconstruction

Prominent façade

One city, three sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Many owners, one palace

The Baroque town by the sea

The theatre of taste

The colours of the cathedral

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The church of Carmine

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Between white and black

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Staircase of Angels

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

The city of museums

A small room with a golden entrance

The interior and its masterpieces

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Two illustrious patron saints

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new site for a new city

The chocolate of Modica

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

Some prestigious works

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

One city, two sites

A talking palace

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A museum to save a tradition

The wall comes to life

A feast only for Scicli

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

The disastrous earthquake

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A miniature city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Searching for colour

A prominent church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The two churches

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Wonderful quick decorations

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Norman apses