Ramacca city of Jesus
Ramacca has been called the "city of Jesus" for one of its particular characteristics.
In fact, it is believed that the urban plan of Ramacca, in particular the intersection of via Roma with today's via Giusti, was built like a large crucifix.
Observing the layout of the houses, it can be seen that they form the image of a man with his head to the south (which coincides with the town hall), and his feet to the north, his right arm extended towards the east and his left arm towards the west. It can also be noted that by superimposing the figure of a man made respecting the canons of the golden section, which establishes the exact proportions between the various parts of the body, one notices the perfect correspondence between the human body and the plant of the city.
But it is believed that the plan does not simply correspond to that of a man with outstretched arms but to that of a crucifix due to a series of small details: the town hall has an obtuse corner oriented towards Jerusalem; the four houses located at the two ends east and west, which represent the hands, are grouped into four islands to represent the breaking of bones by driving nails. Same thing with the two islands of houses located to the north, where two walls placed at 45° stand out, representing the crossing of the feet determined by the introduction of the nail.
According to historical sources, the urban plan of Ramacca was created at the behest by Ottavio Gravina by tracing the central area of Palermo in a small way, between via Maqueda and the Quattro Canti, but the correspondences with the figure of the crucifix cannot be a coincidence.
