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「ルドヴィコ・コッラオ」現代美術館（MAC）は、シチリア島のジベッリーナ（トラーパニ）にあり、南イタリアで最も広範な現代美術コレクションを収蔵しています。1980年に当時の市長ルドヴィコ・コッラオの着想により設立されたこの美術館は、1968年の壊滅的な地震の後、ベルーチェ渓谷の文化的な復興の象徴となっています。

Starting just outside the town of San Giuseppe Jato, this stretch of provincial road 20 climbs up to the picturesque Portella della Paglia pass, in a succession of hairpin bends and breathtaking views. The surface isn't perfect, but you can pedal safely even on a small section of landslide, which is well-marked. Tackled in autumn/winter, it almost feels like you're not in Sicily.

Located at the end of Corso Calatafimi and the road to Monreale, it is one of the four historic entrance gates to the city of Palermo, perhaps the most important.

A village uninhabited for decades, ever since the entire population was relocated en masse to a brand-new town. Three thousand people, the exodus of survivors of the 1968 earthquake that destroyed entire towns in the provinces of Trapani and Agrigento. Today, only façades remain, baroque railings, old majolica tiles, a tangle of houses leaning against the bell tower of the main church, and stairways that look like they were cut out with scissors on a sheet of paper. Before the earthquake, Poggioreale was a delightful baroque village, with noble palaces, the square with the club, the inn, and everything else. The ruins bear witness to a tragedy from 40 years ago: fear, escape, separation. A place that, due to its beauty and the evocative atmosphere it evokes, has been the setting for numerous famous films: it is here that Tornatore filmed some scenes from Malena and The Star Man. An island out of time, with the hands of the clock stopped on the terrible night of January 15, 1968.

Piazza 15 gennaio 1968 is the main square of the city of Gibellina, dedicated to the tragedy that struck it on the night between 14 and 15 January 1968 with a terrible earthquake.

The concrete walls "reproduce" the route of the old streets that once crossed Gibellina. https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretto_di_Burri

Self-portrait with his faithful "companion" along the streets of the Cretto. https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretto_di_Burri

More images of the beautiful Cretto taken from below. https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretto_di_Burri