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By Redrawing His City in Hexagon After an Earthquake in 1693, a Sicilian Prince Literally Drew up a Plan that Urban Planners Are Still Studying Today.

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And if the solution to survive an earthquake did not lie in the solidity of the walls, but in the very shape of a city? In eastern Sicily, nestled in the hills of the province of Catania, a city has been answering this question for more than three centuries. Its secret is neither hidden nor [...] More
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And if the solution to survive an earthquake did not lie in the solidity of the walls, but in the very shape of a city? In eastern Sicily, nestled in the hills of the province of Catania, a city has been answering this question for more than three centuries. Its secret is neither hidden nor [...] More

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SciencePost broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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