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 kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Prominent façade

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A small room with a golden entrance

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The church of Carmine

The disastrous earthquake

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A majestic and luminous church

A prominent church

Some prestigious works

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A talking palace

Discovering the mother church

One city, two sites

The two churches

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

A colourful floor

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The wall comes to life

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A triumph of colour

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The colours of the cathedral

A miniature city

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

A symbol for the town

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

A feast only for Scicli

Norman apses

Searching for colour

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

An eagle-shaped city

The interior and its masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Staircase of Angels

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

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A square as the heart of the city

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Feasting in Palazzolo

Between white and black

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A half-Baroque church

A museum to save a tradition

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Two illustrious patron saints

Some masterpieces

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A long reconstruction

Many owners, one palace

One city, three sites

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new church

A city in colour

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The chocolate of Modica

Feast days

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The internal colours

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The city of museums

From International Gothic to present day

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

New roads for Catania

The Burgos crucifix

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)