Chiesa del Carmine ★
One of the few Modica monuments to survive the 1693 quake, with a late-Gothic portal and a Gagini Annunciation.
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Castles Castello dei conti di Modica The fortress-prison that ruled the powerful County of Modica for centuries, with cells cut into the rock. -
Churches Chiesa del Carmine One of the few Modica monuments to survive the 1693 quake, with a late-Gothic portal and a Gagini Annunciation. -
Churches Chiesa di San Domenico Modica's Dominican church, now the town hall, with a crypt rediscovered in 1972. -
Churches Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista The mother church of upper Modica, the town's highest point at 449 m, with a dramatic staircase. -
Churches Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gesù Modica's Franciscan church born for a royal wedding, with a late-Gothic cloister unique in southern Italy.
17 places covered in Modica Grouped by type, most important first.
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Churches and places of worship
9Chiesa di San Domenico ★
Modica's Dominican church, now the town hall, with a crypt rediscovered in 1972.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista ★
The mother church of upper Modica, the town's highest point at 449 m, with a dramatic staircase.
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gesù ★
Modica's Franciscan church born for a royal wedding, with a late-Gothic cloister unique in southern Italy.
Chiesa di Santa Maria di Betlem
Modica's 14th-century collegiate church, with the late-Gothic Cabrera Chapel and a great Caltagirone nativity.
Duomo di San Giorgio
Sicilian Baroque icon and UNESCO site: Modica's mother church, with its 62-metre tower façade.
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Duomo di San Pietro Apostolo
Modica's other mother church, San Giorgio's rival, with the apostle statues on its staircase and the Petra bell.
Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie
The sanctuary of lower Modica, born in 1615 from the miracle of a Madonna tablet.
Convento dei Cappuccini
Capuchin convent in Modica with a paved cloister and well, and the church of the Madonna delle Grazie.
Castles, palaces and villas
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Castello dei conti di Modica ★
The fortress-prison that ruled the powerful County of Modica for centuries, with cells cut into the rock.
Palazzo Polara
Late Baroque palace beside the cathedral of San Giorgio in Modica, with a theatrical staircase and pole-star arms.
Castello Sicano
Multi-storey rock fortress carved into a thirty-metre cliff at Cava d'Ispica, in the territory of Modica.
Palazzo Napolino-Tommasi Rosso
Late Baroque palace in Modica behind San Giorgio: portal with lions, masks and goose-breast balconies.
Museums, theatres and collections
2Museo Casa natale di Salvatore Quasimodo
The house in Modica where Salvatore Quasimodo was born: period furniture, his Olivetti and recordings of his voice.
Teatro Garibaldi
Modica's historic theatre, born as the Real Teatro Ferdinandeo: three tiers of boxes, a gallery and an eagle clock.
Archaeology
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Necropoli di Bellamagna
87 rock-cut chambers of the Castelluccio culture, in open country between Modica and Pozzallo
Squares, fountains and monuments
1Ponte Guerrieri
Viaduct of state road 115 south of Modica, high above the valley: for years the highest road bridge in Europe.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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