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The Giardino Bellini (also known as Villa Bellini; English translation: "Bellini Garden") is the oldest urban park of Catania.
It occupies 70.942 m².




History


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. In 1854, the Comune di Catania bought the area of the maze, and in 1864 started to adapt the area into a public garden. Starting from 1875, the municipality acquired several further areas surrounding the maze, and two years later the work to unify these areas was undertaken.
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.
The Giardino Bellini was finally inaugurated in 1883.




See also


Giardino Pacini




References






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.




External links



(in Italian) Giardino Bellini at the Botanical Departement's website of University of Catania.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar museum di Italia
• Giardino Bellini
• Giardino
• Bellini (disambiguation)
• Palazzo delle Poste, Catania
• Giardino Pacini
• Enrico Onofri
• Fabio Mengozzi
• Timeline of Catania
• Maurice Ronet
• List of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini