Gibellina | |
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Comune | |
Comune di Gibellina | |
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 |
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]
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]