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.

sight
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 city in colour

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

A prominent church

A new site for a new city

The city of museums

The interior and its masterpieces

One city, three sites

The theatre of taste

The chocolate of Modica

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

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

Prominent façade

Two illustrious patron saints

New roads for Catania

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The colours of the cathedral

A half-Baroque church

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

Feasting in Palazzolo

The wall comes to life

Norman apses

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A hall for the feasts

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Many owners, one palace

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A long reconstruction

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

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A colourful floor

A symbol for the town

A museum to save a tradition

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

An eagle-shaped city

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

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Discovering the mother church

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

Some masterpieces

The church of Carmine

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A square as the heart of the city

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

A new site for a new church

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Some prestigious works

The internal colours

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A Nobel Prize in Modica

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

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The disastrous earthquake

One city, two sites

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

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

A majestic and luminous church

A miniature city

Wonderful quick decorations

Searching for colour

A triumph of colour

St. Sebastian, so much work!

A small room with a golden entrance

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

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

A talking palace

Feast days

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Between white and black

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Baroque town by the sea

The Staircase of Angels

The two churches

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

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

The Burgos crucifix

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The Maiolica of the staircase