Cretto di Burri, concrete earthquake memorial in western Sicily
On the ruins of the earthquake between 1985 and 1989, Alberto Burri spread enormous cast of cement, transforming the ruins into a work of art. The cement blocks which are crossed by regular fissures which basically reproduce the street layout of old Gibellina like the cracks in dry land. The work of art is a memorial to the earthquake of the 15 January 1968 which destroyed Gibellina
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