2.4K likes. The Cretto di Burri is a huge land artwork conceived by the late artist, Alberto Burri, which took 30 years to finish.

Opera artistica di land art realizzata da Alberto Burri tra il 1984 ed il 1989 nella città di... Jump to The Cretto di Burri is a huge land artwork conceived by the late artist, Alberto Burri, which took 30 years to finish. It was built as a form of memorial on the ruins of the town of Gibellina, in the south-west of Sicily, which was destroyed by the Belice earthquake in 1968. Cretto di Burri - Gibellina, Gibellina, Italy. The Cretto di Burri (crack of Burri) or Cretto di Gibellina (crack of Gibellina), also known as "The Great Cretto", is a landscape artwork undertaken by Alberto Burri in 1984 and left unfinished in 1989 (due to lack of funds), based on the old city of Gibellina.
It was built as a form of memorial on the ruins of the town of Gibellina, in the south-west of Sicily, which was destroyed by the Belice earthquake in 1968.