Giardino Bellini

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Landscape from the main entrance Catania Parco Villa Bellini.jpg
Landscape from the main entrance

The Giardino Bellini (English translation: "Bellini Garden", also known as Villa Bellini) is the oldest [1] urban park of Catania.

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It occupies 70.942 m². [2]

History

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Main stairs during the Festival of Saint Agatha, 1993

Before the construction of a public garden, the area was occupied by the garden maze or labyrinth owned by the Ignazio Paternò Castello, prince of Biscari. [3] [4] In 1854, the Comune di Catania bought the area of the maze, and in 1864 started to adapt the area into a public garden. [3] Starting from 1875, the municipality acquired several further areas surrounding the maze, and two years later the work to unify these areas was undertaken. [3]

A guide from 1867 reports the gardens housed swan and geese, deer and cows, an aviary, and an enclosure of monkeys. The park has a white marble bust depicting Vincenzo Bellini and completed by Tito Angiolini. [5]

The Giardino Bellini was finally inaugurated in 1883. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "«Lavori al palo, vandalismo istituzionale» Non c'è pace per villa Bellini" (in Italian). Corriere del Mezzogiorno. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Il Giardino". Dipbot.unict.it (in Italian). University of Catania. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cenni storici". Dipbot.unict.it (in Italian). University of Catania. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Galatola 1867 :87
  5. ↑ Galatola 1867 :88

Further reading

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