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 feast only for Scicli

Connections with other UNESCO sites

A half-Baroque church

A small room with a golden entrance

Between white and black

A new site for a new city

The chocolate of Modica

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

Norman apses

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

A city in colour

The disastrous earthquake

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Feast days

The colours of the cathedral

A prominent church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A majestic and luminous church

Many owners, one palace

The city of museums

The internal colours

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

From International Gothic to present day

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A hall for the feasts

Discovering the mother church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

A miniature city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

A triumph of colour

The interior and its masterpieces

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A museum to save a tradition

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A colourful floor

The wall comes to life

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

Prominent façade

A talking palace

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Feasting in Palazzolo

Some masterpieces

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The theatre of taste

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Some prestigious works

The two churches

An eagle-shaped city

One city, three sites

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A symbol for the town

A square as the heart of the city

The church of Carmine

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, two sites

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Searching for colour

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A new site for a new church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Maiolica of the staircase

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Staircase of Angels

Two illustrious patron saints

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

New roads for Catania

The Burgos crucifix