Known to the ancient Greeks as Echetle, meaning "plowshare," this Sicilian settlement has an urban layout that looks like a giant geometric web from above. Grammichele is one of Italy's rarest examples of rational architecture, designed entirely around a strict hexagonal street plan that houses its 13,000 residents.
Located on the western slopes of the Hyblaean Mountains, the town sits just 13 kilometers from Caltagirone. Its historical timeline is traced through a series of name changes, from the Latin Ochula to the medieval Occhiolà, making this geometric anomaly a fascinating architectural detour in the province of Catania.
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