Modica (Italian: [ˈmɔːdika]; Sicilian: Muòrica) is a city and comune of 54,456 inhabitants in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains.
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 such a wide political, economical and cultural influence to be 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.
Known in ancient times as: Mutyce
Periods/Settlements: classical, hellenistic-republican, hellenistic-roman-early-empire, roman, modern
Distance between:
Rome to Modica370 Miles / 596 Kms Milan to Modica663 Miles / 1068 Kms Venice to Modica608 Miles / 980 Kms
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