The Modica flood of 1902. National solidarity and special legislation in Giolittian Italy
Journal title ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE
Author/s Giuseppe Barone
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2023/1-2
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 83-97 File size 101 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASSO2023-002-004
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The essay reconstructs the tragic flood of September 1902 which caused over 100 deaths and extensive damage to the urban fabric in the city of Modica. The environmental disaster, however, coincided with the start of the major parliamentary debates on the Southern Question and triggered an extraordinary national solidarity competition which allowed the construction of a new public housing district. The research underlines above all the intervention of the liberal state, which financed the hydrogeological rehabilitation of the municipal territory, initiating special legislation for the South.
Keywords: Modica; Flood event, Special legislation.
Giuseppe Barone, L’alluvione di Modica del 1902 Solidarietà nazionale e legislazione speciale nell’Italia giolittiana in "ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE" 1-2/2023, pp 83-97, DOI: 10.3280/ASSO2023-002-004