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.

Norman apses

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A museum to save a tradition

A new site for a new city

Prominent façade

A new site for a new church

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

The two churches

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The Staircase of Angels

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

From International Gothic to present day

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Some masterpieces

A majestic and luminous church

The disastrous earthquake

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The city of museums

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A square as the heart of the city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Wonderful quick decorations

A city in colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A triumph of colour

Between white and black

Searching for colour

A hall for the feasts

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

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

The colours of the cathedral

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Feast days

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

A colourful floor

A symbol for the town

The Burgos crucifix

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

A long reconstruction

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A talking palace

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

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The theatre of taste

A miniature city

A feast only for Scicli

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Many owners, one palace

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

An eagle-shaped city

One city, three sites

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The interior and its masterpieces

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The wall comes to life

A prominent church

One city, two sites

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

New roads for Catania

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The church of Carmine

The Baroque town by the sea

The internal colours

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

A half-Baroque church

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A small room with a golden entrance

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Some prestigious works

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto