Gibellina is a small city in the mountains of central Sicily, Italy. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968.
The new city, Gibellina Nuova, was rebuilt some 20 km far from the old one.
Ruderi di Gibellina (as the ruins of the city are now referred to) remained just as it was after the earthquake, practically a ghost-town. In the early 1990s, the ruins were covered with plaster to experiment on what some considered to be "art".
Gibellina venne distrutta dal terremoto che nel 1968 colpisce duramente la valle del Belice.
I ruderi sono ancora visibili (seguire le indicazioni Ruderi di Gibellina, 18 km a est di Gibellina Nuova), in gran parte coperti da un grande "velo" di cemento solcato da crepe in corrispondenza delle vie del vecchio tracciato urbano (è Cretto, opera di Burri).
La Nuova Gibellina è stata costruita seguendo un'idea molto particolare: rendere la città una sorta di museo permanente con sculture disseminate per le vie ed edifici che divenissero essi stessi opere d'arte.
Gibellina is a small city in the mountains of central Sicily, Italy.
The new city, Gibellina Nuova, was rebuilt some 20 km far from the old one.
Ruderi di Gibellina (as now are called by some journalists the ruins of the city) remained just as it was after the earthquake, practically a ghost-town; around 1990, the ruins were covered with plaster to experiment on them some actually argued "art".
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