Hill Towns

Terrain here can be described as very hilly. The towns, most of them unsettled to a greater or lesser extent by volcanic earthquakes, are universally built on the tops of these hills, with sides approaching the perpendicular in many places.
Towns like Modica and Ragusa are very atmospheric to walk around and have lunch on a hot day, but they are all much the same. Modica for example was founded in 1360 or 1031 BCE and was inhabited by the Sicels in the 7th century BCE (said Thucydides.) But most of it ws destroyed in the great earthquake of 1693
To give you a taste:
+ Modica Bassa
+ Cathedral of San Giorgio in Modica Bassa. The nobles decided to stay and rebuild their part of town, whilst the rest decamped to:
+ Modica Alta
+ Piazza ArmerinaRead more