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.

Some prestigious works

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A new site for a new city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A hall for the feasts

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A symbol for the town

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Between white and black

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

A new site for a new church

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

A square as the heart of the city

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Maiolica of the staircase

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

An eagle-shaped city

A small room with a golden entrance

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Prominent façade

A triumph of colour

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

One city, two sites

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

One city, three sites

Norman apses

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A prominent church

Some masterpieces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Two illustrious patron saints

A long reconstruction

A feast only for Scicli

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Discovering the mother church

The two churches

New roads for Catania

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

A miniature city

The church of Carmine

The colours of the cathedral

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A majestic and luminous church

From International Gothic to present day

A city in colour

The wall comes to life

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The theatre of taste

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The disastrous earthquake

Feast days

A colourful floor

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

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

A half-Baroque church

The Staircase of Angels

Searching for colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The interior and its masterpieces

The Baroque town by the sea

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

The city of museums

Wonderful quick decorations