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.

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new site for a new church

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Some prestigious works

Between white and black

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

A triumph of colour

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

A hall for the feasts

A miniature city

The city of museums

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A symbol for the town

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

An eagle-shaped city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Feasting in Palazzolo

The chocolate of Modica

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The internal colours

Many owners, one palace

The theatre of taste

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A long reconstruction

The church of Carmine

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

One city, three sites

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The wall comes to life

Some masterpieces

Searching for colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Norman apses

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A majestic and luminous church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Prominent façade

Discovering the mother church

The Burgos crucifix

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

A prominent church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

One city, two sites

The disastrous earthquake

A colourful floor

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Wonderful quick decorations

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The two churches

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

A museum to save a tradition

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Feast days

A feast only for Scicli

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Limestone, the colour of harmony

New roads for Catania

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A square as the heart of the city

A half-Baroque church

From International Gothic to present day

The colours of the cathedral

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A city in colour

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Two illustrious patron saints

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A small room with a golden entrance

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

A talking palace

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

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