The Great Presbytery can be divided into three parts: the Presbytery itself, which is the part next to the hall of the faithful. The Anti-Presbytery and the Post-Presbytery. The Great Presbytery, the area surrounding the high altar where the presbyters are seated to worship, is composed of a double ...
The Great Presbytery can be divided into three parts: the Presbytery itself, which is the part next to the hall of the faithful. The Anti-Presbytery and the Post-Presbytery. The Great Presbytery, the area surrounding the high altar where the presbyters are seated to worship, is composed of a double ...
The Titulus of Palermo Cathedral was the space located at the end of the nave and before the main apse, where the Canons Regular took their seats in the choir and which contained both the bishop's chair and the royal seat. The sacristies of the Canons and Benefactors were located on the southern fro...
The Chapel of the Royal Tombs, inside the Palermo Cathedral, houses the tombs of the Norman Roger II, first king of Sicily, Constance of Hauteville and Henry VI of Swabia and their son Frederick II, together with his first wife Constance of Aragon. Four sarcophagi are placed in corresponding areas o...
The Astronomical Observatory in the Royal Palace of Palermo was founded by Ferdinand I of Bourbon (Ferdinand III of Sicily) in 1790 and entrusted to the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi. The Observatory was notable for being equipped with state-of-the-art instruments such as the Ramsden Circle, made by Je...
Born in Ponte in Valtellina in 1746, Giuseppe Piazzi entered the Theatine Order in 1764 and was ordained as a priest in 1769. He taught philosophy in Genoa, mathematics in Malta, and dogmatic theology in Rome. In 1781, he joined the Royal Academy of Studies in Palermo to teach calculus. He then taug...
measurement of time, according to the new “European” method
The sundial in Palermo Cathedral was also intended to give the city a new, fairly simple and precise instrument for measuring time according to the “European” method. In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but also in many Italian states, the “Italian” method was used, in which the day was divi...
Born in Monteroni di Lecce in 1728, he was ordained priest in 1752. A man of culture, he taught in numerous colleges and seminaries. In 1768, he was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Stoppani. Years later, in 1793, he moved to Sicily as Archbishop of Palermo and Monreale at the ...
Commissioned by Archbishop Philip Lopez y Royo during the renovation of the Cathedral during the last decades of the 18th century, the sundial was designed in 1794/95 by Giuseppe Piazzi, a Theatine priest, professor of Astronomy at the University of Palermo and director of the Astronomical Observato...
Designed by Antonio Gambara in 1429, the Cathedral’s portico was also built using reused materials. It is contained between two lateral pylons with a triple order in a repeated pattern. Entrance is gained through three pointed arches resting on reused columns with capitals decorated with plant mot...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
