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.

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

Searching for colour

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

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

One city, two sites

The Burgos crucifix

A triumph of colour

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Staircase of Angels

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, three sites

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

Prominent façade

A majestic and luminous church

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A new site for a new church

The city of museums

A symbol for the town

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

A new site for a new city

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Between white and black

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

The church of Carmine

The chocolate of Modica

The two churches

Limestone, the colour of harmony

An eagle-shaped city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

Some masterpieces

New roads for Catania

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The wall comes to life

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A talking palace

A hall for the feasts

The colours of the cathedral

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Maiolica of the staircase

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A long reconstruction

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A prominent church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The disastrous earthquake

Norman apses

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A small room with a golden entrance

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The interior and its masterpieces

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A feast only for Scicli

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

From International Gothic to present day

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Wonderful quick decorations

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A colourful floor

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A city in colour

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Many owners, one palace

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Feast days

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

A square as the heart of the city

Some prestigious works

The internal colours

The Baroque town by the sea