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.

The Maiolica of the staircase

The Staircase of Angels

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Prominent façade

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

Limestone, the colour of harmony

Between white and black

From International Gothic to present day

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A half-Baroque church

Wonderful quick decorations

A symbol for the town

The church of Carmine

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

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

The theatre of taste

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Norman apses

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Feasting in Palazzolo

The disastrous earthquake

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

New roads for Catania

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The city of museums

The interior and its masterpieces

An eagle-shaped city

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

The wall comes to life

The Baroque town by the sea

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Feast days

A new site for a new city

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

Many owners, one palace

The colours of the cathedral

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

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

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

The Burgos crucifix

One city, three sites

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

One city, two sites

A city in colour

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

A museum to save a tradition

A colourful floor

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A miniature city

A talking palace

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Searching for colour

A prominent church

A new site for a new church

Two illustrious patron saints

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A majestic and luminous church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Some prestigious works

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

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

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

A Nobel Prize in Modica

A small room with a golden entrance

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Some masterpieces

Discovering the mother church

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The internal colours

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A long reconstruction

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

The chocolate of Modica

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

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

The façade used as a puppet theatre

A square as the heart of the city

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The two churches

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A hall for the feasts

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

A triumph of colour

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca