Mosaic, Palatine Chapel, Norman Palace, Palermo
Genius of Palermo, holding a medallion with the portraits of Ferdinando di Borbone and Maria Carolina, mosaic, 19th century, by Pietro Casamassima, above the door to the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13445071
Media ID
45186071
Size
4724px x 7535px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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