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.

Discovering the mother church

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The internal colours

The theatre of taste

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A feast only for Scicli

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The Staircase of Angels

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Many owners, one palace

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

A colourful floor

A half-Baroque church

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A new site for a new church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A symbol for the town

One city, two sites

A city in colour

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Burgos crucifix

A majestic and luminous church

The church of Carmine

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Maiolica of the staircase

A hall for the feasts

Searching for colour

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The interior and its masterpieces

Two illustrious patron saints

Norman apses

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A talking palace

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Feast days

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Between white and black

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A triumph of colour

A prominent church

An eagle-shaped city

The city of museums

A miniature city

The wall comes to life

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Feasting in Palazzolo

A museum to save a tradition

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

One city, three sites

From International Gothic to present day

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The two churches

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

New roads for Catania

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The chocolate of Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Some prestigious works

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A long reconstruction

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The disastrous earthquake

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

Some masterpieces

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