Grammichele Attractions
Location
Grammichele, together with Avola, Noto and Pachino, are the towns in southeastern Sicily which, after the great earthquake of 1693, were rebuilt to a definite plan. The initiative to do this came from Carlo Maria Carafa, Principe di Butera e di Roccella; the plans were the work of Michele da Ferla. As in Avola, the plan is based on a hexagon, though here followed to extremes: even the central square with the town hall and church has a hexagonal shape, and from each side of the square an axial road, one of six in all, leads off. They go to the edge of the town where each meets a conventional four-sided square, which itself is formed by a street intersection.
Grammichele, together with Avola, Noto and Pachino, are the towns in southeastern Sicily which, after the great earthquake of 1693, were rebuilt to a definite plan. The initiative to do this came from Carlo Maria Carafa, Principe di Butera e di Roccella; the plans were the work of Michele da Ferla. As in Avola, the plan is based on a hexagon, though here followed to extremes: even the central square with the town hall and church has a hexagonal shape, and from each side of the square an axial road, one of six in all, leads off. They go to the edge of the town where each meets a conventional four-sided square, which itself is formed by a street intersection.
San Michele
The Church of San Michele in Grammichele, dating from 1724-57, has a fine sweeping Baroque facade.
