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 long reconstruction

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

The colours of the cathedral

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Wonderful quick decorations

A symbol for the town

New roads for Catania

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

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Feasting in Palazzolo

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A small room with a golden entrance

The city of museums

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

Some masterpieces

From International Gothic to present day

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The wall comes to life

A triumph of colour

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The two churches

Feast days

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Two illustrious patron saints

The Baroque town by the sea

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The disastrous earthquake

A majestic and luminous church

A new site for a new church

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

The chocolate of Modica

A miniature city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The internal colours

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Prominent façade

Discovering the mother church

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The interior and its masterpieces

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

A square as the heart of the city

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

One city, two sites

A museum to save a tradition

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

One city, three sites

The church of Carmine

The Burgos crucifix

Between white and black

A colourful floor

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Many owners, one palace

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

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

A half-Baroque church

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Maiolica of the staircase

Searching for colour

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Modica, a city with ancient origins

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Some prestigious works

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Norman apses

The Staircase of Angels

A prominent church

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Limestone, the colour of harmony

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

A talking palace

A city in colour

A hall for the feasts

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The theatre of taste

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara