16/07/2026
Gibellina is a place to go to enjoy contemporary art, avant-garde theater and music.
Fondazione Orestiadi is a cultural institution promoting cultural heritage of the Mediterranean.
It was established in 1992 by Ludovico Corrao, the foundation was born out of the cultural rebirth of Gibellina after the devastating Belice earthquake of 1968.
• The Orestiadi Festival: An annual international festival of theater, music, and visual arts. It takes its name from Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy (originally reinterpreted for the city's ruins in 1983 by Emilio Isgrò with stage design by Arnaldo Pomodoro) and continues to host cutting-edge performances.
• Museo delle Trame del Mediterraneo (Museum of Mediterranean Weaves): Housed in the historic Baglio Di Stefano, shows a diverse collection of textiles, jewelry, ceramics, contemporary art, and archaeological artifacts. Its mission is to highlight the shared cultural roots and historical dialogue between Sicily and the wider Mediterranean basin, particularly North Africa.
• Gibellina is like an Open-Air Museum with over 60 monumental outdoor installations, including Alberto Burri’s famous Cretto di Burri and Pietro Consagra’s The Entrance to the Belìce.
• Tenute Orestiadi is a w**e producer and a partner with the foundation merging the region's w**emaking traditions with contemporary art projects, artist residencies, and unique artistic w**e labels.
The photo of the wheels shows an artefact depicting Sabir signs.
Sabir (also known as the Mediterranean Lingua Franca) was a Romance-based pidgin language used as a common tongue for trade, diplomacy, and navigation across the Mediterranean basin from the 11th to the 19th centuries.
Because it was a contact language designed for practical communication between people who shared no mother tongue, it relied heavily on a simplified linguistic structure, expressive physical gestures and signs.