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The Duomo of San Giorgio (i.e. "Cathedral of St George") is a
The Duomo of San Giorgio (i.e. "Cathedral of St George") is a Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
church located in Modica
Modica (; scn, Muòrica) is a city and ''comune'' of 54,456 inhabitants in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains.
Modica has neolithic origins and it represents the historical capital ...
, Province of Ragusa
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, Sicily
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, Italy. It is the Mother Church of the city and it is included in the World Heritage List
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by UNESCO
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The building is the final result of the eighteenth century reconstruction, which took place following the disastrous earthquakes that struck Modica in 1542, in 1613 and in 1693. The reconstruction started in 1702, and ended in 1738. Further works were made until the affixing of the iron cross on the spire in 1842, which marked the definitive appearance of the church.
According to the art historian Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco the Church should be included among "the seven wonders of the baroque world".Nifosì, Paolo. ''Oro barocco''. Ragusa : Nonsolografica, 2006.
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