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Cretto Burri

Tourist attraction Historical landmark Landmark

One of the Best Places To Visits in Gibellina


Address

Strada Provinciale Gibellina - Salaparuta, 91024 Gibellina TP, Italy

Website

www.comune.gibellina.tp.it

Contact

+39 0924 985111

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (2.3K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: (Christmas Eve), Open 24 hours, Hours might differ
  • Monday: (Christmas Day), Open 24 hours, Hours might differ
  • Tuesday: (St
  • Wednesday: Open 24 hours
  • Thursday: Open 24 hours
  • Friday: Open 24 hours
  • Saturday: Open 24 hours

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: earthquake (9) town (7)
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  • 5/5 crafty travellers w. 1 year ago on Google
    So good place - place as art and place with plenty of history. Respect. Car park available. Don’t miss the town - Poggiorealle - few km away. Town who was destroyed by earthquake. Both worth to visit. Keep safe - as some part of the roads are damaged - hardly to pass with normal car. Perfect for 4x4
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 MadIccy 4 years ago on Google
    an unusual Art Installation whereby the original street plan of Gibellina and building remains have been overlaid in a concrete cast. It's odd to walk around in an almost clinical environment whiler forgetting that where you were walking was once a real village with real people.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Richard R. 10 months ago on Google
    This is a 20 acre art project memorializing a town that was wiped out by the 1968 earthquake. It was designed by Alberto Burri and is made up of huge concrete slabs on the footprint of the town. It is free to visit.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 K T. 4 years ago on Google
    I loved it - just so different. Easy parking for our motorhome. Only four stars as would have liked to see an information board even though can source info on Google. Went to visit the new town too but didn’t like it - soulless and desolate.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Giorgio D. 1 year ago on Google
    This land art installation is one of a kind, if you listen to the right podcast and information on this installation you will understand what's the real meaning of it. The intention is so emotional and is a unique experience to discover this Cretto after travelling to the road of the opd town destroyed by the earthquake. Enjoy the view and all the emotions that this site will give you.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jakob F. 2 years ago on Google
    Was this the best experience in Sicily? From a point of Land Art, certainly! Very impressive structure in the middle of nowhere. Reminds you of the village that was previously standing here. No guides or information, so better read up on it before you go. Also, you absolutely need a car to go there, no public transport. But all this adds to its harsh charm.🤩
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Marcela Dal F. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice to visit, interested to see that amount of concrete transformed in a “sculpture”. Location is easy to find, but in the middle of nowhere along the road. You will find space to park by the road. You will see farming’s around and a nice view. There’s no sign explaining the place, you find this kinda information online only.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kate P. 11 months ago on Google
    Worth it!!! We were on a time crunch, but you should plan to spend 30 mins min. Parking in the large parking lot wasnt necessary...there was a road pull off parking area where Google directed us that had ample space for the off season.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Natalie C. 2 years ago on Google
    The place is mystical, it is a metaphor for ceiling our anxiety in life. It makes you want to reflect on the idea that your choices should be perceived as an opportunity to reach your ultimate goal. One way or another, you will achieve it, you just have to keep on going. Always looking ahead of you and freeing yourself from the anxiety of having to commit a mistake in making up your mind on one choice or another.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Moss G. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful , majestic, sad, and worth the trip there. Listen to the silence

  • 5/5 Andrea 1 year ago on Google
    This monument has the right floor plans of the former houses of Gibellina, third town destroyed by the Belice valley earthquake on 1968. You can walk between the former houses and see how beautiful view they have from that hill to the valley. Very sad to see it and to feel it.

  • 5/5 sandro l. 1 year ago on Google
    Visiting the town that wife family are from was Destroyed from a earthquake

  • 5/5 Ben W. 1 year ago on Google
    Eerie and spectacular at the same time. Definitely worth a detour if you’re passing!

  • 3/5 M C. 4 years ago on Google
    Town ravaged by earthquake in 1968, torn down and replaced with a concrete monument indicating buildings and streets. Not much to do or see here, but it is a good place for pictures.

  • 5/5 George M. 1 year ago on Google
    Haunting echo's of life before the earthquake. A mausoleum to the people who lived here for generations.

  • 4/5 Patrick E. 2 years ago on Google
    Fascinating but very much abandoned place!

  • 5/5 Maja 2 years ago on Google
    Interesting way of reminding people about the place that was distroyed by the earthquake

  • 4/5 Tiziano Patrick D. 2 years ago on Google
    An interesting work of land art, built on the old city of gibellina, destroyed by an earthquake.

  • 2/5 Benjamin D. 2 years ago on Google
    It sure is a very impressive landmark. It's made completely of white concrete and it has a lot of paths you can go. There is also a parking lot nearby. The big downside of it is that there is no information about anything. No names of the streets or houses or anything in general. It can therefore get very boring very quickly.


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