Gibellina

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Gibellina
Comune di Gibellina
Gibellina is located in Italy
Gibellina
Gibellina
Location o Gibellina in Italy
Coordinates: 37°49′N 12°52′E / 37.817°N 12.867°E / 37.817; 12.867
KintraItaly
RegionSicily
ProvinceTrapani (TP)
Govrenment
 • MayorArch Rosario Fontana (since 02/06/2010)
Area
 • Total45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation
233 m (764 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total4,298
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Gibellinesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
91024
Diallin code0924
Patron sauntSaunt Roch
Saunt day16 August
WebsiteOffeecial 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]

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  1. The Day the Earth Shook Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, Time Magazine, January 26, 1968
  2. "Agenzia Giornalistica Italia news story on death and burial of Consagra". Archived frae the original on 26 Apryle 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2011.