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.

A symbol for the town

The theatre of taste

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

The church of Carmine

A small room with a golden entrance

A new site for a new church

Wonderful quick decorations

A majestic and luminous church

Some prestigious works

The wall comes to life

The Staircase of Angels

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The internal colours

Many owners, one palace

A half-Baroque church

A triumph of colour

The Maiolica of the staircase

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Baroque town by the sea

A long reconstruction

The two churches

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

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A colourful floor

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Between white and black

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A city in colour

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Discovering the mother church

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Searching for colour

A talking palace

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

New roads for Catania

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The city of museums

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A square as the heart of the city

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

The colours of the cathedral

A feast only for Scicli

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A museum to save a tradition

A hall for the feasts

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The disastrous earthquake

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A miniature city

The Burgos crucifix

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Feasting in Palazzolo

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A new site for a new city

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The chocolate of Modica

From International Gothic to present day

Some masterpieces

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

An eagle-shaped city

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

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

Feast days

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

One city, three sites

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Prominent façade

One city, two sites

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

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A prominent church