Nave, Palatine Chapel, Norman Palace, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Nave with muqarnas, and behind, the West wall, 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. 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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13445030

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45185429

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4339px x 5906px (13.1MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen