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

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

A new site for a new city

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Discovering the mother church

St. Sebastian, so much work!

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The chocolate of Modica

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

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The colours of the cathedral

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The disastrous earthquake

Feasting in Palazzolo

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

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

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

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

A talking palace

The internal colours

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A feast only for Scicli

The interior and its masterpieces

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

A square as the heart of the city

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

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

A small room with a golden entrance

Searching for colour

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

Norman apses

Connections with other UNESCO sites

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

The Baroque town by the sea

The wall comes to life

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

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

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

A miniature city

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The Staircase of Angels

Between white and black

A hall for the feasts

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

The church of Carmine

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Some prestigious works

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

One city, two sites

The theatre of taste

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A majestic and luminous church

A prominent church

The Burgos crucifix

A long reconstruction

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A colourful floor

New roads for Catania

Prominent façade

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The two churches

Many owners, one palace

The Maiolica of the staircase

Some masterpieces

The façade used as a puppet theatre

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A triumph of colour

Feast days

A new site for a new church

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

Wonderful quick decorations

A half-Baroque church

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The city of museums

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

An eagle-shaped city

A city in colour

A symbol for the town

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Two illustrious patron saints

A museum to save a tradition

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, three sites

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto