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 small room with a golden entrance

The church of Carmine

Prominent façade

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A miniature city

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Some prestigious works

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

One city, three sites

Discovering the mother church

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The interior and its masterpieces

Between white and black

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The city of museums

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

Two illustrious patron saints

Some masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Wonderful quick decorations

A feast only for Scicli

A triumph of colour

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

The internal colours

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

An eagle-shaped city

The disastrous earthquake

A prominent church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A talking palace

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The Maiolica of the staircase

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The wall comes to life

The two churches

A long reconstruction

The Baroque town by the sea

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

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A city in colour

A square as the heart of the city

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

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

A new site for a new city

One city, two sites

The theatre of taste

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A majestic and luminous church

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

A museum to save a tradition

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A symbol for the town

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A half-Baroque church

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Norman apses

Many owners, one palace

A colourful floor

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

New roads for Catania

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A hall for the feasts

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Staircase of Angels

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

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

A new site for a new church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Searching for colour

The Burgos crucifix