The church and convent are attributed by local sources to the 14th century

The church, close to the Castle of the Counts of Modica, was built in the first decades of the 1100s, undergoing several transformations.

Polara Palace, located next to the Cathedral of Saint George, was built in the late Baroque style

The building, now called the palace, was the convent of the Mercedarian friars

The church and convent of Saint Dominic, also known as the Church of the Rosary, were built in 1461 by the Dominican Preaching Friars, whose order had been founded in the early 1200s

It stands in the lower part of Modica and was built in the 14th century on the site of four other pre-existing churches: Santa Maria di Berlon, Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, Saint Anthony of Padua and San Mauro.

The Church of Our Lady of Grace destroyed by the great earthquake, rebuilt but never completed

The church, which already existed in the 14th century, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt in the early 18th century at the top of a wide staircase