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Gibellina | |
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| Comune di Gibellina | |
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Location of Gibellina  | |
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| Coordinates:37°49′N12°52′E / 37.817°N 12.867°E /37.817; 12.867 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Trapani (TP) |
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| • Mayor | Salvatore Sutera |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.57 km2 (17.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
| Population (28 February 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 4,028 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Gibellinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 91024 |
| Dialing code | 0924 |
| Patron saint | Roch |
| Saint day | 16 August |
| Website | Official website[dead link] |
Gibellina (Sicilian:Jibbiddina, Arabic: "little mount" - جبل صغير) is a small city andcomune in theProvince of Trapani, the mountains of westernSicily,Italy. It was destroyed by the1968 Belice earthquake.[3]
The new city, Gibellina Nuova, was rebuilt some 11 kilometres (7 mi) from the old one and it was designed by some of the most prominent artists and architects in Italy. They were summoned byLudovico Corrao to provide works of art to the city in order to help build it up as an eccentric museumen plein air. One of them, the Italian sculptorPietro Consagra, created a sculpture calledPorta del Belice, or "Door to Belice", at the entrance. Consagra expressed on his deathbed a wish to be buried at Gibellina in July 2005.[4]
The old town, now known as theRuderi di Gibellina (as the ruins of the city are referred to), remained just as it was after the earthquake, like aghost town until 1985. That year the Italian artistAlberto Burri began a project to cover the ruins in concrete, while preserving the streetscape. Known asCretto di Burri, work on the project ceased in 1989, but was finally completed in 2015.[5]
In 2024 it was proclaimed the Italian capital of contemporary art, the first Italian city with this title.
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