Palazzo Tommasi Rosso is located on Corso Francesco Crispi, behind the Cathedral of San Giorgio (St. George), in the ancient district of Francavilla. It is an important testimony to the late Baroque architecture of Modica. Though the palace is named Napolino Tommasi Rosso, the family that commission...

Inside the church there are valuable works of art including the Tavola di Sant’Alberto (Panel of St. Albert), the Madonna del Latte and the Annunciation. The former was perhaps part of a polyptych, a painting composition that also included other panels. The painting depicts St. Albert with a lily...

The interior of the church of Carmine features a classic Sicilian [approfondimenti id="21471" testo_link="maiolica"] floor paired with a snow white wall with some architectural elements in relief such as [approfondimenti id="21664" testo_link="capitals"], arches, columns and the [approfondimenti id=...

The church of Santa Maria del Carmelo (St. Mary of Carmel) is located in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti in the old town. The church was part of a large, wide convent built according to some sources in the mid-13th century, and according to others around the mid-14th century. Certainly, by the mid-15th ce...

A visit to Modica means a visit to its churches, walks along Via Umberto and tasting [approfondimenti id="21725" testo_link="chocolate"]. Cocoa has very ancient and not very Sicilian origins. The first people to work the seeds were the Aztecs in distant Central America. It was later in the 16th cent...

Between 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, [approfondimenti id="21718" testo_link="Salvatore Quasimodo"] was born in Mod...

The city of [approfondimenti id="21711" testo_link="Modica"], sat in the middle of the Hyblaean plateau between deep [approfondimenti id="21713" testo_link="quarries"], fits perfectly into the hills of the Hyblaean countryside which is rich in vegetation and typical [approfondimenti id="21716" testo...