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The town extends over the plain, extending beyond its original grid layout of 1607. The streets are graced by palaces, mansions and art nouveau villas, as can be seen in so many parts of the Val di Noto. Here however the styles are different, less local, and closer to international modernism. The town was founded in 1607 by a woman of great nobility who gave it its name: Vittoria Colonna, daughter of the Viceroy Marcantonio Colonna and wife of Luigi III Enrinquez, Count of Modica. Vittoria never changed hands, remaining at all times a fief of the Counts of Modica. In 1693 the little town was seriously damaged by the earthquake and soon afterwards rebuilt.

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.