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.

Two illustrious patron saints

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Staircase of Angels

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A museum to save a tradition

A talking palace

A new site for a new city

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

The internal colours

Discovering the mother church

The Maiolica of the staircase

One city, three sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Some prestigious works

One city, two sites

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A miniature city

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The two churches

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A colourful floor

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

Feast days

Searching for colour

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

A triumph of colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The wall comes to life

A hall for the feasts

The theatre of taste

A symbol for the town

An eagle-shaped city

The interior and its masterpieces

The Burgos crucifix

A majestic and luminous church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The chocolate of Modica

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

From International Gothic to present day

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

Prominent façade

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

A square as the heart of the city

A prominent church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A small room with a golden entrance

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The city of museums

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The disastrous earthquake

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

Some masterpieces

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A long reconstruction

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The church of Carmine

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Norman apses

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Between white and black

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

A half-Baroque church

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