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 city of museums

A half-Baroque church

Corbels: a celebration of the Nicolaci family

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

The kitchen, a treasure chest of colours

A colourful floor

The cathedral of Sant’Agata: a lengthy reconstruction

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

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

The senses tell about Palazzo Nicolaci

The Baroque town by the sea

The interior and its masterpieces

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The church of Carmine

From St. Thomas to St. Joseph

The wall comes to life

Baroque and the loss of equilibrium in the 16th century

The Benedictine Monastery, one of the largest in Europe

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

The Barresi-Branciforte lords

Discovering the mother church

A museum to save a tradition

A new site for a new church

The Burgos crucifix

The Staircase of Angels

The Infiorata, a feast of colours and flowers

A new site for a new city

The internal colours

Many owners, one palace

The senses tell the story of the church of San Giuseppe

One city, three sites

Feast days

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Sebastiano

The chocolate of Modica

One city, two sites

New roads for Catania

Some prestigious works

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Chiara

A hall for the feasts

A prominent church

Fontana della Ninfa Zizza, public water in the town

A design by Vincenzo Sinatra

Prominent façade

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

A new palace for the La Rocca lords

A square as the heart of the city

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Feasting in Palazzolo

A majestic and luminous church

Some masterpieces

San Benedetto: a treasure reopened to the public

Searching for colour

From International Gothic to present day

The façade used as a puppet theatre

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

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Annunciation

The theatre of taste

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata, who is the architect?

The colours of the cathedral

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

A triumph of colour

The senses tell about Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso

The disastrous earthquake

San Nicolò l’Arena: an unfinished church

Connections with other UNESCO sites

St. Sebastian, so much work!

Places of knowledge: the Benedictines’ library

A feast only for Scicli

Wonderful quick decorations

A small room with a golden entrance

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

A symbol for the town

The Feast of San Giacomo (St. James)

Modica, a city with ancient origins

St. Agatha and the giant candelabras

Rosario Gagliardi, the maestro of the Val di Noto

The two churches

A new entrance for Santa Chiara (St. Claire)

A long reconstruction

A city in colour

The Supernatural dimension of the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento

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

A miniature city

Limestone, the colour of harmony

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Militello, the story of an enlightened fiefdom

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

The character of Badia Sant’Agata

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

A talking palace

Norman apses

Two illustrious patron saints

An eagle-shaped city

The senses tell about Palazzo La Rocca

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

Between white and black

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

The Maiolica of the staircase