Modica

A Nobel Prize in Modica

palazzo quasimodoBetween period buildings, cathedrals and churches, Modica offers its citizens and tourists a place of memory.
This idea comes from the bond that exists between the Hyblaean city and an illustrious poet. On 20 August 1901, Salvatore Quasimodo was born in Modica. He was one of the most important poets and translators of Italian literature.
Quasimodo wrote works of great value that led him to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959.
Hence the idea to restore the house where the poet was born and turn it into a birthplace museum dedicated to him.
The Museo Casa Natale Salvatore Quasimodo (Salvatore Quasimodo Birthplace Museum) offers the chance to see the room where the Italian poet saw the first light of day, and much more! In fact, there are also collections of many of the objects that belonged to Salvatore Quasimodo, including some photographs and furniture from his Milan studio.
This is an opportunity to get to know an illustrious poet and come into contact with the reality of a bygone era that is increasingly distant from us. Targa Salvatore Quasimodo

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A majestic and luminous church

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The wall comes to life

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Discovering the mother church

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The colours of the cathedral

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Connections with other UNESCO sites

The theatre of taste

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

A new site for a new city

The senses tell the story of the church of Santa Maria del Carmelo

A square as the heart of the city

Freedom of worship and the role of the Catholic Church in the diffusion of Baroque

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The disastrous earthquake

Norman apses

The Maiolica of the staircase

An eagle-shaped city

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A hall for the feasts

The Staircase of Angels

The interior and its masterpieces

The two churches

New roads for Catania

Feast days

The chocolate of Modica

One city, two sites

A prominent church

The role of the religious orders in rebuilding the Val di Noto

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Church of San Giuliano (St. Julian) on Via dei Crociferi: reconstruction

Between white and black

A long reconstruction

Searching for colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

A colourful floor

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The church of Carmine

A city in colour

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The senses tell the story of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Wonderful quick decorations

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A feast only for Scicli

Modica, a city with ancient origins

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The senses tell the story of the staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

The city of museums

A museum to save a tradition

One city, three sites

Feasting in Palazzolo

The Burgos crucifix

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

A miniature city

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and San NicoIò l’Arena

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the Mother Church of San Nicolò and of the Santissimo Salvatore

From International Gothic to present day

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A new site for a new church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

Two illustrious patron saints

Prominent façade

The Baroque town by the sea

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A symbol for the town

Some masterpieces

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

A talking palace

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giovanni Battista

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

A small room with a golden entrance

The internal colours

From the contrast of the exterior to the internal jubilation of colours

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town