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Modica

Modica (locally called Muòrica) is located in the southeast of the island of Sicilia,1 in Ragusa Province of Italia,2 in the Hyblaean Mountains. It has a population of 55,000.3

UNESCO honors Modica along with other southeastern cities that were rebuilt in late Baroque style after their destruction by a 1693 earthquake.

External references

San Pietro Church and the city around it, Modica, Ragusa Province, island of Sicilia, Italia

Footnotes

1. Sicily in English.
2. Italy in English.
3. Side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modica, accessed February 16, 2017.