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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A colourful floor

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

A miniature city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A talking palace

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

Between white and black

One city, three sites

Many owners, one palace

The colours of the cathedral

The interior and its masterpieces

Feast days

A symbol for the town

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Prominent façade

A museum to save a tradition

Some masterpieces

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The theatre of taste

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Feasting in Palazzolo

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

A new site for a new church

A majestic and luminous church

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

A long reconstruction

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A city in colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A square as the heart of the city

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

A feast only for Scicli

The chocolate of Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A small room with a golden entrance

A new site for a new city

An eagle-shaped city

Norman apses

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

From International Gothic to present day

A half-Baroque church

The two churches

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Burgos crucifix

A hall for the feasts

The wall comes to life

New roads for Catania

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Searching for colour

The internal colours

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The disastrous earthquake

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

The church of Carmine

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

Discovering the mother church

One city, two sites

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The Staircase of Angels

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The city of museums

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Baroque town by the sea