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.

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

A triumph of colour

Many owners, one palace

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

A new site for a new church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The interior and its masterpieces

A symbol for the town

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The Maiolica of the staircase

New roads for Catania

One city, three sites

The church of Carmine

The Baroque town by the sea

Two illustrious patron saints

St. Sebastian, so much work!

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

A long reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The city of museums

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

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A feast only for Scicli

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Between white and black

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

A square as the heart of the city

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A majestic and luminous church

The internal colours

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The two churches

A city in colour

A hall for the feasts

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The colours of the cathedral

Prominent façade

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Some masterpieces

Some prestigious works

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A talking palace

The chocolate of Modica

Discovering the mother church

A small room with a golden entrance

A prominent church

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

A miniature city

Searching for colour

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A new site for a new city

From International Gothic to present day

A half-Baroque church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Feast days

An eagle-shaped city

The disastrous earthquake

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A colourful floor

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

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The façade used as a puppet theatre

Norman apses

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The wall comes to life

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The Burgos crucifix

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A museum to save a tradition

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Wonderful quick decorations

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

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

The theatre of taste

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

Limestone, the colour of harmony

One city, two sites

The Staircase of Angels

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours