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.

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Wonderful quick decorations

The city of museums

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

A hall for the feasts

A new site for a new church

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The disastrous earthquake

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The wall comes to life

The two churches

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Prominent façade

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

A half-Baroque church

A triumph of colour

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Maiolica of the staircase

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Norman apses

A majestic and luminous church

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

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

Many owners, one palace

A museum to save a tradition

A long reconstruction

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The chocolate of Modica

Some prestigious works

The Burgos crucifix

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

One city, two sites

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

A symbol for the town

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A small room with a golden entrance

The colours of the cathedral

A miniature city

A colourful floor

Between white and black

Feast days

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Two illustrious patron saints

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A prominent church

An eagle-shaped city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The internal colours

Discovering the mother church

The Baroque town by the sea

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The church of Carmine

Some masterpieces

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

New roads for Catania

A square as the heart of the city

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

The theatre of taste

A feast only for Scicli

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

One city, three sites

A city in colour

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

A talking palace