Locorotondo, Apulia, Itália

(..) Locorotondo has very ancient origins, although the first written testimonies date back to the 12th century, when the village was surrounded by high walls of protection. The name Locorotondo comes from Latin “locus rotundus”, which means “round place”, to indicate the circular shape of the town.

The history of Locorotondo was marked by different dominations: first Byzantine, then Norman, then by the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and finally Aragonese. In 1790 Locorotondo obtained administrative autonomy from the Benedictine monastery of Monopoli, to which it had been subjected for centuries. In 1807 the castle that stood in the center of the village was destroyed, as a sign of rebellion against the dukes Caracciolo di Martina Franca, who had oppressed the population with excessive taxes and torture in prisons. (..)

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2024-02-14

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2023-08-20

Grammichele, Catânia

 

Grammichele (Sicilian: Grammicheli, Greek: Echetle (meaning "plowshare"); Latin: Echetla, Ochula; Medieval: Occhiolà) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located at the feet of the Hyblaean Mountains, some 13 kilometres (8 mi) from Caltagirone.

The town was built in 1693, after the old town of Occhiolà, located to the north of the modern Grammichele, was destroyed by an earthquake. Occhiolà, on account of the similarity of name, is generally identified with Echetla, a frontier city between Syracusan and Carthaginian territory in the time of Hiero II, which appears to have been originally a Sicel city in which Greek civilization prevailed from the 5th century onwards.[3]

The devastation of the old town was so severe that the feudal landlord of the town, Carlo Maria Carafa Branciforte, Prince of Butari, commissioned construction of a new town, with plans aided by Michele da Ferla. Supposedly the Prince himself sketched out the initial hexagonal layout. In the center of the hexagon is the Piazza Carlo Maria Carafa, faced by the Chiesa Madre (Mother Church), San Michele Arcangelo, and the Palazzo Communale (City Hall). The town of Avola, destroyed by the same earthquake, was also relocated and rebuilt along a hexagonal layout. [WIKIPEDIA] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammichele

2023-08-13