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The layout of the city, which is defined as “exagonum<\/strong><\/em>“, was outlined according to a design by the Prince himself, with the help of the architect Brother Michele da Ferla, on a slate slab that is still preserved in the City Palace. After having helped the population brought to its knees by the earthquake, Carlo Maria Carafa laid the first stone with a great ceremony in the presence of nobles and religious figures on 18 April 1693. The Palazzo Comunale, designed by Carlo Sada in 1896, overlooks the large hexagonal square, which houses an excellent small archaeological museum, and the spectacular church of San Michele, whose construction was financed by the Prince of Butera’s heirs.<\/p>\n

A bronze statue of the Prince of Butera<\/strong> welcomes visitors to Grammichele’s beautiful hexagonal piazza. The work is positioned on a base consisting of a series of steps that symbolise the virtues of knowledge: philosophy, religion, science, politics, writing and art.<\/p>\n

The monument is intended to honour Carafa’s love for knowledge. The artist, Paolo Guarrera, wanted to represent the founder as he goes down the stairs to reach the heart of the city. We can see that his left leg seems to rest on Occhiol\u00e0, followed by a void that symbolises the earthquake and\u00a0represents a past that can no longer return,\u00a0while the right leg is already extended \u00a0to the descent\u00a0towards the new city that represents the new beginning. At the foot of the staircase, a bronze plaque bears the edict that the Prince issued when the first stone was laid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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