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 Staircase of Angels

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The disastrous earthquake

Feast days

A prominent church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The chocolate of Modica

The colours of the cathedral

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Discovering the mother church

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The church of Carmine

New roads for Catania

A new site for a new church

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A symbol for the town

A new site for a new city

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The wall comes to life

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feasting in Palazzolo

From International Gothic to present day

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The two churches

A half-Baroque church

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

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The city of museums

A Nobel Prize in Modica

One city, three sites

Many owners, one palace

A talking palace

A small room with a golden entrance

A colourful floor

A city in colour

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Prominent façade

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A museum to save a tradition

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Norman apses

A square as the heart of the city

Between white and black

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The internal colours

A feast only for Scicli

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A triumph of colour

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some masterpieces

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

A long reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts

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

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The Burgos crucifix

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Two illustrious patron saints

Wonderful quick decorations

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Searching for colour

A miniature city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)