Visit
the city of Gibellina, a unique example in Italy of environmental
art, a space where architects, sculptors and painters have
experienced an outpost of "modern", through which give new
life and momentum to the lost hopes. It is divided into two cities,
Gibellina new and Gibellina Old, due to a violent earthquake that
struck the Belice area in the January 15, 1968. Gibellina,
agricultural center of medieval origin, was completely destroyed.
There was nothing to do but rebuild. They spent long and difficult
years but, in the end, a few kilometers from the past, we began to
plan the future. And so here arise, the great star, a symbol of good
luck and rebirth, created by Pietro Consagra: already visible from
far away, it serves as a door to the new city. The city was
founded on idea of a garden city, made of big streets and open
spaces, with elliptical and spinning plan. Inside, scattered
everywhere, there are examples of art and modern architecture: the
System Thermes e Purini squares, the Secret Garden of Venice, the
Meeting of Consagra, the Spherical Church of Quaroni, Counterpoint
and Melotti Sequences, the Labyrinth of Franchina, the Sacrario to
Caduti of Uncini, the Scultura of Rotella and many others. Most
famous of all is the giant Cretto designed by Alberto Burri: For the
time will not erase the memory of what was, a white cement flow,
whose slits correspond to the road layout of the old Gibellina,
immortalized the past. It continues with a visit to the Museo della
Mafia of Salemi, another characteristic town in the Belice valley.
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