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This staircase is a must-see. It connects the upper town with the lower town.

The last major public work using ceramics was the cladding of the front of the steps of the famous Maria SS. del Monte staircase, created in the 1950s by the Caltagirone Art School under the direction of Prof. Antonino Ragona.

Stairway that has connected the old part of the city (lower) with the new part (upper) since 1600.

magnificent, getting there by bike was epic, and the staircase??? majestic!

May 8th is the feast of the two patron saints of Grammichele: St. Michael the Archangel and St. Catherine of Alexandria. During the festival, the simulacra are carried in procession through the streets of the town together with the statue of the Madonna that precedes them.

The staircase of Santa Maria del Monte is illuminated every year by 4000 candles for two evenings, between 24 and 25 July on the occasion of the feast of the protector San Giacomo. Plays of light illuminate the 142 steps of the seventeenth-century Scala di Santa Maria del Monte, making its majolica tiles a true tapestry of fire. From www.Girasicilia.it

Carlo Maria Carafa was the prince who founded Grammichele in April 1693, 2km south of Occhiolà, the old settlement destroyed by the earthquake

A little further downstream there is an old mill. Picnic area right at the waterfall.