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un paese in figura di melagrana spaccata; vicino al mare ma campagnolo; metà ristretto su uno sprone di roccia, metà sparpagliato ai suoi piedi; con tante scale fra le due metà, a far da pacieri, e nuvole in cielo da un campanile all'altro, trafelate come staffette dei Cavalleggeri del Re... che sventolare, a quel tempo, di percalli da corredo e lenzuola di tela di lino per tutti i vicoli delle due Modiche, la Bassa e la Alta. Gesualdo Bufalino
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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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Please, have also a look at the pictures I uploaded on my legacy flickr account over the past decade:
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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.
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Better seen large on black
Modica Alta (Upper Modica) amazes its visitors with some of the most beautiful architecture in Sicily, in the sicilian baroque style. If you plan to visit it, don't forget to taste the local Modica-style chocolate, based on the original Aztec way of making it.
“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.”
― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
Modica - Sicilia/Sicily - Italia/Italy
Modica is a city and comune in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains and, along with Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy.
As the city developed it gradually became divided into "Modica Alta" (Upper Modica) and "Modica Bassa" (Lower Modica). During the last century the city has extended and developed new suburbs which include Sacro Cuore (or "Sorda"), Monserrato, Idria, these are often referred to as Modern Modica; both old and modern quarters of the city are today joined by one of Europe's higher bridge, the Guerrieri bridge, 300 metres (980 ft) long.
Despite being ravaged by earthquakes in 1613 and 1693 and floods in 1833 and 1902, Modica has maintained some of the most beautiful architecture in Sicily, in the Sicilian Baroque style. The city possesses a large Baroque Cathedral dedicated to San Giorgio. While the cathedral was rebuilt following the earthquake of 1693, like many other parts of the city its roots are in the Middle Ages.