Landmarks
- Modra Observatory of the Comenius University in Bratislava near Modra-Piesok
- A grave memorial museum (with an external exhibition "Štúrova izba" (memorable room of Štúr) and statue of Ľudovít Štúr, who died here in 1856
- Remains of the former fortifications: a bastion (with a gallery of Ignác Bizmayer, pottery master) and the "Upper Gate", the only one of three original town gates to be preserved
- A country castle just behind the upper gate; seat of the vineyard school
- A Renaissance building from the end of the 17th century
- the present-day workshops specialising on the Modra ceramics
- Churches:
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Stephen the King from years 1873–1876 on the market square
- Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist from the 2nd half of the 14th century at the cemetery with the names of victims of the First World War
- Evangelical church of Augsburg Confession ("German church") from 1714, present-day form since 1834
- Evangelical church of Apostles Peter and Paul ("Slovak church") from 1715, present-day form since 1826, standing near the "German church"
- small Baroque chapel of Mary Immaculate from 1740, standing in front of the evangelical churches
- Chapel of St. Michael from 1873
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