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 façade used as a puppet theatre

A symbol for the town

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

Some prestigious works

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

A museum to save a tradition

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A miniature city

A triumph of colour

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A square as the heart of the city

Some masterpieces

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

The chocolate of Modica

A majestic and luminous church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The wall comes to life

Many owners, one palace

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

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

A colourful floor

The colours of the cathedral

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The theatre of taste

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

One city, two sites

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A half-Baroque church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Staircase of Angels

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

A long reconstruction

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A city in colour

A feast only for Scicli

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The interior and its masterpieces

The two churches

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Norman apses

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Burgos crucifix

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Wonderful quick decorations

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Between white and black

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

From International Gothic to present day

One city, three sites

The Baroque town by the sea

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new church

An eagle-shaped city

Feast days

Two illustrious patron saints

A new site for a new city

The internal colours

The church of Carmine

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

Prominent façade

A hall for the feasts

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A talking palace

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A prominent church

Searching for colour

Discovering the mother church