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 half-Baroque church

Feasting in Palazzolo

A small room with a golden entrance

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

The two churches

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

A miniature city

A square as the heart of the city

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Staircase of Angels

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A triumph of colour

From International Gothic to present day

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The internal colours

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Norman apses

The Maiolica of the staircase

An eagle-shaped city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Some prestigious works

Between white and black

Feast days

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The Baroque town by the sea

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A majestic and luminous church

The disastrous earthquake

A talking palace

The theatre of taste

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

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

Wonderful quick decorations

The interior and its masterpieces

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

The colours of the cathedral

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

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

New roads for Catania

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Burgos crucifix

A city in colour

The city of museums

A symbol for the town

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The wall comes to life

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A long reconstruction

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

A hall for the feasts

A feast only for Scicli

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The church of Carmine

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Prominent façade

Searching for colour

A prominent church

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Discovering the mother church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Two illustrious patron saints

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Limestone, the colour of harmony

A museum to save a tradition

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A new site for a new church

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

A colourful floor

The chocolate of Modica

A new site for a new city

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

One city, three sites

One city, two sites

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Some masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library