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 Burgos crucifix

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new site for a new city

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts

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

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The city of museums

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

Feast days

A miniature city

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The Staircase of Angels

One city, three sites

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Wonderful quick decorations

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A prominent church

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

The Maiolica of the staircase

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Prominent façade

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Searching for colour

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

Discovering the mother church

A triumph of colour

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A square as the heart of the city

A city in colour

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A long reconstruction

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The disastrous earthquake

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The internal colours

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Norman apses

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

Between white and black

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A museum to save a tradition

Some masterpieces

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A symbol for the town

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

The theatre of taste

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The Baroque town by the sea

The two churches

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

The wall comes to life

An eagle-shaped city

A half-Baroque church

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

The church of Carmine

Connections with other UNESCO sites

From International Gothic to present day

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

New roads for Catania

A new site for a new church

Modica, a city with ancient origins

The interior and its masterpieces

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

A feast only for Scicli

A colourful floor

A talking palace

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph