Modica offered one of our first tastes of baroque architecture. It also provided an example of “unique” civil engineering; the age of the city showed in the sheer number of stairs and ramps. Newer cities, such as those in America, would opt to either change/flatten the landscape, or else would just be located elsewhere.
This panorama shows all of Modica. It sparked debate on the population size of the city, and on how to differentiate a city from its suburbs. Fascinating.
Angus