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Sicily

Sicily

modica, ragusa

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Uno sguardo sul paese

A look at the country

Una mirada al país

Modica has neolithic origins and it represents the historical capital of the area which today almost corresponds to the Province of Ragusa. Until the 19th century it was the capital of a County that exercised a so wide political, economical and cultural influence as it has been counted among the most powerful feuds of the Mezzogiorno.

Rebuilt following the devastating earthquake of 1693, its architecture has been recognised as providing outstanding testimony to the exuberant genius and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe and, along with other towns in the Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy.

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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Famous baroque small town near Ragusa, in Sicily.

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Soot-terrazza di una vecchia casa

Duomo di San Pietro

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Giorgio

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Pietro

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Giorgio

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Baroque city, UNESCO heritage of the Val di Noto

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Duomo di San Pietro

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Giorgio

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Giorgio

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Pietro

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Duomo di San Pietro

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

Modica is built into a steep hollow. It's what I very much like about Sicilian cities. Crumbling splendor but not yet run-down or in full decay. It's also "chocolate town" for they have a specialty to put a wild variety of ingredients into chocolates.

Duomo di San Giorgio

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)