Landscape from the main entrance

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

It occupies 70.942 m².[2]

History

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

  • Galatola, Crescenzio (1867), Catania e sue vicinanze. Manuale pel viaggiatore (in Italian), Catania{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Cantone, Ugo (1978). Il giardino Bellini di Catania. Analisi di una modificazione ambientale (in Italian). Catania: I.D.A.U. OCLC 614535582.
  • Urso, Vittorio; Piattella, Azzurra; Nicolosi, Salvatore (2000). Giardino Bellini, Catania: luoghi storici della memoria (in Italian). Catania: Seritime. OCLC 751732063.
  • Galeazzi, Marina (2010). Il Giardino Bellini di Catania. Tra storia e progetto (in Italian). Acireale: Bonanno. ISBN 978-88-7796-758-9.
  • Giglitto, Danilo (2013). "Il giardino Vincenzo Bellini di Catania. Una prospettiva antropologica". Anuac (in Italian). 2 (2): 104–117. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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