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.

sight
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.

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

One city, two sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A long reconstruction

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The internal colours

Feast days

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

The Burgos crucifix

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The city of museums

A new site for a new city

A feast only for Scicli

A new site for a new church

A museum to save a tradition

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

A talking palace

A prominent church

The Staircase of Angels

Some prestigious works

The two churches

From International Gothic to present day

A hall for the feasts

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The church of Carmine

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A colourful floor

A small room with a golden entrance

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A majestic and luminous church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A triumph of colour

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

Some masterpieces

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

A city in colour

Many owners, one palace

The disastrous earthquake

The interior and its masterpieces

Between white and black

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

New roads for Catania

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

The wall comes to life

The theatre of taste

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

A miniature city

Two illustrious patron saints

The chocolate of Modica

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Prominent façade

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A half-Baroque church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Norman apses

A symbol for the town

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Baroque town by the sea

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Wonderful quick decorations