Mosaic, Palatine Chapel, Norman Palace, Palermo

West wall of the nave in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The mosaics, made 1140-70, depict Christ the Lawgiver on a throne, with St Peter, St Paul and archangels Michael and Gabriel. its Islamic wooden muqarnas in the ceiling above. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Archangel Byzantium Cappella Lawgiver Palatina Palatine Palermo Sicilian

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