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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.
San Pietro Church and the city around it, Modica, Ragusa Province, island of Sicilia, Italia
1. Sicily in English.
2. Italy in English.
3. Side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modica, accessed February 16, 2017.