Gibellina
Gibellina (Sicilian: Gibbiddina) is a sma ceety an comune in the muntains o central Sicily, Italy in the Province o Trapani. It wis destroyed bi the 1968 yirdquauk.[1]
Gibellina | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Gibellina | |
  Gibellina Location o Gibellina in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 37°49′N 12°52′E / 37.817°N 12.867°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Trapani (TP) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Arch Rosario Fontana (since 02/06/2010) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,298 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Gibellinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 91024 |
| Diallin code | 0924 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Roch |
| Saunt day | 16 August |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
The new ceety, Gibellina Nuova, wis rebuilt some 20 km distant frae the auld ane. The new ceety wis designed bi mony o the maist prominent airtists and architects in Italy, but done in a piecemeal fashion so that the pairts o the new ceety bear little relation tae ane anither or tae the indigenous airchitectur o Sicily.
Ruderi di Gibellina (as the ruins o the ceety are nou referred tae) remained juist as it wis efter the yirdquauk, practically a ghost toun. Airtist Alberto Burri covered the entirety o the ruins in concrete, while preservin the shape o the biggins an the streetscape. Additionally, Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra an Senator Ludovico Corrao formit an open air museum wi a Consagra sculptur "Porta del Belice" or "Door tae Belice" at the entrance. Consagra expressed a wish tae be buriet at Gibellina on his daithbed in Julie 2005.[2]
References
eedit- ↑ The Day the Earth Shook Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, Time Magazine, January 26, 1968
- ↑ "Agenzia Giornalistica Italia news story on death and burial of Consagra". Archived frae the original on 26 Apryle 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2011.