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 senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

Discovering the mother church

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A talking palace

From International Gothic to present day

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Feast days

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The chocolate of Modica

The Staircase of Angels

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Many owners, one palace

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Two illustrious patron saints

One city, three sites

Between white and black

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

A feast only for Scicli

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

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A triumph of colour

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

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A new site for a new church

One city, two sites

A museum to save a tradition

Prominent façade

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

The interior and its masterpieces

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A symbol for the town

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

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The disastrous earthquake

Feasting in Palazzolo

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Some prestigious works

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A colourful floor

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

A half-Baroque church

A square as the heart of the city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A hall for the feasts

A new site for a new city

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Baroque town by the sea

The two churches

An eagle-shaped city

The colours of the cathedral

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The theatre of taste

A small room with a golden entrance

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

Some masterpieces

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Burgos crucifix

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The city of museums

The internal colours

New roads for Catania

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

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

The wall comes to life

Searching for colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A long reconstruction

A majestic and luminous church

Norman apses

A prominent church

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation