Friday 11 May 2018

Grande Cretto - Alberto Burri



Image credit Alfio Garozzo


Watching the Giro on Wednesday was astonishing, not due to the riders, but due to footage of the Grande Cretto by Alberto Burri (1915-1995). 


The concrete structure is a memorial to the town of Gibellina, Sicily. Gibellina was flattened in 1968 by an earthquake that measured 6.1 magnitude. Covering 8,000 square metres, the memorial follows the footprint of the original town.

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