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Modica (mô`dēkä), city (1991 pop. 50,529), SE Sicily, Italy. It is the center of an agricultural region where livestock is raised. Known in ancient times as Motyca, it was a feudal county in the 12th cent. and enjoyed a high degree of independence from the 14th to 18th cent. Nearby are the Cava d'Ispica (a series of limestone grottoes containing cave dwellings) and prehistoric and early Christian tombs. |
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| While patrolling during a holiday season, Officers Peter Kiesheuer and Luigi Modica of the Suffolk County, New York, Police Department saw a residence on fire. Tom Modica, Long Beach manager of government affairs, said city officials were told that about $1. Just think of the greatness of the famed Italian sculptor Arturo Di Modica using two years of his time and $300,000 of his own money not only to sculpt Charging Bull as a symbol of hope for American capitalism, but also to donate it to the City of New York. |
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