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Gibellina


 

Gibellina is a small city in the mountains of central Sicily, Italy. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968.

Related Topics:
Sicily - Italy - Earthquake - 1968

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The new city, Gibellina Nuova, was rebuilt some 20 km far from the old one.

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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. Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra and Senator Ludovico Corrao formed an open air museum with a Consagra sculpture "Porta del Belice" or "Door to Belice" at the entrance. Consagra expressed a wish to be buried at Gibellina on his deathbed in July 2005.

Related Topics:
Pietro Consagra - Ludovico Corrao

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