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.

Prominent façade

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

One city, two sites

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

The theatre of taste

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

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Searching for colour

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The chocolate of Modica

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

A triumph of colour

A majestic and luminous church

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Some prestigious works

The Burgos crucifix

A long reconstruction

A symbol for the town

A prominent church

The Staircase of Angels

Two illustrious patron saints

The Maiolica of the staircase

A square as the heart of the city

New roads for Catania

A small room with a golden entrance

A new site for a new city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

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

Some masterpieces

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

Many owners, one palace

The disastrous earthquake

The Baroque town by the sea

The church of Carmine

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

Feast days

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Between white and black

The interior and its masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Wonderful quick decorations

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

A half-Baroque church

A talking palace

A miniature city

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The wall comes to life

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A feast only for Scicli

The façade used as a puppet theatre

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A city in colour

The two churches

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Limestone, the colour of harmony

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Discovering the mother church

A new site for a new church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The city of museums

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The internal colours

From International Gothic to present day

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A colourful floor

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

One city, three sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The colours of the cathedral

Modica, a city with ancient origins

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation