Modica with Church of San Giorgio in the Middle - P1250430
Wiki: Modica was severely damaged in the 1693 earthquake and was largely rebuilt in the Sicilian Baroque style. Also like Ragusa, it has a split personality, with an upper and lower town. Its highlight is the 18th-century Church of San Giorgio, which dominates the upper town and is approached by a flight of 250 steps. The façade with its five doorways is crowned by a high central tower, which further emphasizes the elevation of the building. Its architect, Rosario Gagliardi, used material salvaged after the earthquake from an earlier building on the site, including the altar retable in high Renaissance style painted by Bernardino Niger in 1573. Major attractions in the lower town include the Chiesa del Carmine with its 15th-century Gothic rose window; the sumptuously Baroque San Pietro; and the Palazzo de Leva, from about 1400, with a Norman doorway.
Modica of Ragusa Sicily Italy
Modica with Church of San Giorgio in the Middle - P1250430
Wiki: Modica was severely damaged in the 1693 earthquake and was largely rebuilt in the Sicilian Baroque style. Also like Ragusa, it has a split personality, with an upper and lower town. Its highlight is the 18th-century Church of San Giorgio, which dominates the upper town and is approached by a flight of 250 steps. The façade with its five doorways is crowned by a high central tower, which further emphasizes the elevation of the building. Its architect, Rosario Gagliardi, used material salvaged after the earthquake from an earlier building on the site, including the altar retable in high Renaissance style painted by Bernardino Niger in 1573. Major attractions in the lower town include the Chiesa del Carmine with its 15th-century Gothic rose window; the sumptuously Baroque San Pietro; and the Palazzo de Leva, from about 1400, with a Norman doorway.
Modica of Ragusa Sicily Italy