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The Giardino Bellini (also known as Villa Bellini; English translation: "Bellini Garden") is the oldest
Before the construction of a public garden, the area was occupied by the garden maze or labyrinth owned by the
Giardino Bellini
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The Giardino Bellini (also known as Villa Bellini; English translation: "Bellini Garden") is the oldest urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...
of Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also b ...
.
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
Ignazio Paternò Castello, Prince of Biscari (1722 - 1 September 1786) was an Italian polymath, antiquarian, and patron of the arts, who lived most of his life in his native Catania in Sicily.
Biography
Born to a wealthy noble family, he studied ...
, prince of Biscari
Acate ( Sicilian: ''Acati'' or ''Vischiri'') is a small town and '' comune'' in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo
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. 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
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.
The Giardino Bellini was finally inaugurated in 1883.
See also
*Giardino Pacini
The Giardino Pacini (English translation: "Pacini Garden"), also known as Villa Pacini or the Villa Varagghi, is a small circular urban park located just south of the Porta Uzeda, on the seaward side of the elevated railway viaduct, in Catania, r ...
References
Further reading
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Giardino Bellini
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University of Catania
The University of Catania ( it, Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest university in the world. With a ...
Catania
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