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

Some masterpieces

The wall comes to life

Discovering the mother church

The disastrous earthquake

The church of Carmine

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

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

Wonderful quick decorations

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A city in colour

A triumph of colour

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

The theatre of taste

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

From International Gothic to present day

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

A miniature city

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The Staircase of Angels

The chocolate of Modica

Many owners, one palace

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

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

Modica, a city with ancient origins

One city, three sites

A new site for a new city

Feast days

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

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Between white and black

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

A Nobel Prize in Modica

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

A long reconstruction

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

A majestic and luminous church

Some prestigious works

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

The internal colours

New roads for Catania

The Burgos crucifix

One city, two sites

A hall for the feasts

A square as the heart of the city

Searching for colour

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

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

An eagle-shaped city

Prominent façade

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The colours of the cathedral

A museum to save a tradition

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

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

A small room with a golden entrance

A half-Baroque church

The Baroque town by the sea

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The façade used as a puppet theatre

The interior and its masterpieces

A prominent church

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

Feasting in Palazzolo

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The Maiolica of the staircase

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

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

A talking palace

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A feast only for Scicli

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

Two illustrious patron saints

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

Norman apses

A new site for a new church

A colourful floor

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

A symbol for the town

The city of museums

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

The two churches