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 character of Badia Sant’Agata

Two illustrious patron saints

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

The two churches

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Discovering the mother church

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

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

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

A hall for the feasts

A talking palace

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The colours of the cathedral

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Prominent façade

A small room with a golden entrance

The Maiolica of the staircase

Between white and black

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The chocolate of Modica

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

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Norman apses

A new site for a new city

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The theatre of taste

The internal colours

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Many owners, one palace

One city, two sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A prominent church

A symbol for the town

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Burgos crucifix

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

One city, three sites

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The city of museums

Feast days

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The wall comes to life

From International Gothic to present day

A majestic and luminous church

Wonderful quick decorations

A triumph of colour

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

A museum to save a tradition

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

The Staircase of Angels

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

New roads for Catania

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Modica, a city with ancient origins

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

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

An eagle-shaped city

A colourful floor

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The interior and its masterpieces

A long reconstruction

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The church of Carmine

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The disastrous earthquake

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A feast only for Scicli

A miniature city