Gibellina Nuova Attractions
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The little country town of Gibellina, situated near Salemi, suffered such extensive earthquake damage in 1968 that the decision was made to rebuild Gibellina Nuova 20km/12mi further west.
Well-known architects, sculptors and painters such as Vittorio Gregotti, Alessandro Mendini, Renato Guttuso, Pietro Consagra, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Alberto Burri, Mimmo Rotella and Andrea Cascella were engaged. From their plans developed a controversial drawing-board town, its character created by the most modern type of architecture and sculpture, which has very little in common with either Sicily or with the landscape and the way of life of the inhabitants.
The town is entered by the gigantic "Porta di Ferra" which was designed by Pietro Consagra (1980, from nirosta steel). Next to the town hall stands the grotesque-looking church of "La grande Sfera" with a spherical choir and the concrete municipal tower by Alessandro Mendini.
The little country town of Gibellina, situated near Salemi, suffered such extensive earthquake damage in 1968 that the decision was made to rebuild Gibellina Nuova 20km/12mi further west.
Well-known architects, sculptors and painters such as Vittorio Gregotti, Alessandro Mendini, Renato Guttuso, Pietro Consagra, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Alberto Burri, Mimmo Rotella and Andrea Cascella were engaged. From their plans developed a controversial drawing-board town, its character created by the most modern type of architecture and sculpture, which has very little in common with either Sicily or with the landscape and the way of life of the inhabitants.
The town is entered by the gigantic "Porta di Ferra" which was designed by Pietro Consagra (1980, from nirosta steel). Next to the town hall stands the grotesque-looking church of "La grande Sfera" with a spherical choir and the concrete municipal tower by Alessandro Mendini.
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Poggioreale, Italy
(Near Gibellina Nuova)
