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.

A triumph of colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

Searching for colour

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

The colours of the cathedral

From International Gothic to present day

A long reconstruction

Many owners, one palace

Some prestigious works

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

New roads for Catania

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Maiolica of the staircase

The two churches

The wall comes to life

The Baroque town by the sea

Two illustrious patron saints

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

An eagle-shaped city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

A city in colour

A colourful floor

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

Prominent façade

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A new site for a new church

The chocolate of Modica

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A feast only for Scicli

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

A new site for a new city

The church of Carmine

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The internal colours

One city, three sites

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A prominent church

A talking palace

The city of museums

A hall for the feasts

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Norman apses

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A majestic and luminous church

Feast days

One city, two sites

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A symbol for the town

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The theatre of taste

The Burgos crucifix

A museum to save a tradition

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Staircase of Angels

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Some masterpieces

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The interior and its masterpieces

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A half-Baroque church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Discovering the mother church

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Between white and black

The disastrous earthquake

The façade used as a puppet theatre