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.

The city of museums

The disastrous earthquake

A square as the heart of the city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A hall for the feasts

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

From International Gothic to present day

The theatre of taste

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some masterpieces

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

A miniature city

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

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

Some prestigious works

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

A triumph of colour

A talking palace

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Searching for colour

The Baroque town by the sea

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Discovering the mother church

A majestic and luminous church

The Staircase of Angels

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Feast days

A small room with a golden entrance

The two churches

A museum to save a tradition

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A city in colour

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

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

A feast only for Scicli

The church of Carmine

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

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

A symbol for the town

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The Maiolica of the staircase

Many owners, one palace

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The chocolate of Modica

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The colours of the cathedral

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A colourful floor

New roads for Catania

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

A new site for a new church

Norman apses

A prominent church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Wonderful quick decorations

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A half-Baroque church

The Burgos crucifix

A long reconstruction

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The internal colours

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Prominent façade

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Between white and black

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

An eagle-shaped city

One city, three sites

One city, two sites

The wall comes to life

Connections with other UNESCO sites

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto