Modica

Modica is a city and municipality in the , , southern . The city is situated in the . It has 53,413 inhabitants.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include San Giorgio Cathedral, Modica and Castle of Modica.

Church
The Duomo of San Giorgio is a Baroque church in Modica, , , Italy. It is the mother church of the city and is included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

Castle
Photo: Attilios, Public domain.

or the Palazzo Mercedari is a palace and civic and ethnographical museum in Modica, Italy. It was built in the 18th century as a convent for the Fathers of Meredari, attached to the S.

Modica

Latitude
36.8589° or 36° 51′ 32″ north
Longitude
14.7613° or 14° 45′ 41″ east
Population
53,400
Elevation
296 metres (971 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IT MSQ
Open location code
8F8PVQ56+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67256924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2524119
Wiki­data ID
Q34102
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Modica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: موديكا
  • Arabic: موذقة
  • Armenian: Մոդիկա
  • Azerbaijani: Modika
  • Basque: Modica
  • Belarusian: Мадзіка
  • Breton: Modica
  • Bulgarian: Модика
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  • Chinese: Modica
  • Chinese: 莫迪卡
  • Croatian: Modica
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  • Esperanto: Modiko
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  • Galician: Modica
  • Georgian: მოდიკა
  • German: Modica
  • Greek: Μόντικα
  • Hebrew: מודיקה
  • Hungarian: Modica
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  • Irish: Modica
  • Italian: Modica
  • Japanese: モーディカ
  • Kazakh: Модика
  • Korean: 모디카
  • Kotava: Modica
  • Ladin: Modica
  • Latin: Mutyca
  • Lithuanian: Modika
  • Lombard: Modica
  • Malay: Modica
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: Modica
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Modica
  • Ossetian: Модикæ
  • Persian: مودیکا
  • Piemontese: Modica
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  • Portuguese: Módica
  • Romanian: Modica
  • Russian: Модика
  • Sanskrit: मोडिका
  • Scots: Modica
  • Scottish Gaelic: Modica
  • Serbian: Модика
  • Serbo-Croatian: Modica
  • Sicilian: Muorica
  • Sicilian: Muòrica
  • Slovak: Modica
  • Slovenian: Modica
  • South Azerbaijani: مودیکا
  • Spanish: Modica
  • Spanish: Módica
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  • Tagalog: Modica
  • Tatar: Модика
  • Turkish: Modica
  • Ukrainian: Модіка
  • Urdu: مودیکا
  • Uzbek: Modica
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  • Waray (Philippines): Modica
  • Welsh: Modica
  • Wu Chinese: 莫迪卡
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