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Its fertile soil has always brought the town good fortune and wealth. Overlooking Piazza del Popolo is the Town Theatre, built in neoclassical style between 1869and 1877, to the design of the Palermo architect Bartolo Morselli. In the same square is the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, founded in 1612, destroyed by the earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt in 1754. The high altar and the marble pulpit are very fine. In Piazza Ricci stands the Chiesa Madre, built in 1695 and considerably altered in the 19th c. The floor of the choir is an ex voto offered by the fanners of Vittoria, on the occasion of a phyloxera epidemic which struck the local vineyards in the years 1798-1801. Adjacent to the Chiesa Madre is the Oratorio del Santissimo Crocifisso: the fine sculpture decorations belong to the school of Giacomo Serpotta.

I testi sono tratti dalla "Sicily and its islands" Ugo La Rosa editore.