The capital, an architectural element found at the end of a load-bearing structure (such as a pilaster or a column) is usually decorated according to the canons of the classical age and the relative styles: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, composite. The Corinthian order is characterised by the decoration ...

The capital, an architectural element found at the end of a load-bearing structure (such as a pilaster or a column) is usually decorated according to the canons of the classical age and the relative styles: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, composite. The Corinthian order is characterised by the decoration ...

The mullioned window, together with the triple lancet window, is a large window, defined by a round or pointed arch; the interior of the space is divided by two small arches, supported by a central column, in some cases with a decorated facing and the insertion of the coats of arms. ...

Gualtiero, who can be seen depicted in a miniature of the Liber ad honorem augusti by Pietro da Eboli, was Archbishop of Palermo from 1169 to 1190. We do not know for sure the place and date of his birth: he was probably born in Sicily in the first half of the 12th century. He was erroneously and fo...

Ibn Jubayr visited the city of Palermo between December 1184 and January 1185. The traveller and writer was born in Valencia in 1145. After studying religious sciences and literature, he devoted himself to travelling to: Ceuta, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Baghdad, Mosul, Alepp...

The Arab geographer Al-Idrīsī (Latinized Edrisi) was called to Palermo in 1145 by Roger II to write the famous Book of Roger and to work on the development of a 70-sheet world map called the Tabula Rogeriana. The original Tabula was made of silver. The manuscript, known as Kitāb Rugiār in Arabic...

During the Islamic domination, Bishop Nicodemus kept the Greek episcopal tradition alive in Palermo. The bishop moved to the Church of Santa Domenica Ciriaca, in the Monreale area, which became the last Christian stronghold. When the Normans arrived, Nicodemus was brought back to Palermo to convert ...

The Norman kingdom of Sicily was born with Roger II of Hauteville on 25 December 1130, when he was crowned King of Sicily, Apulia, Calabria and Capua in the city of Palermo. From this moment on, the city of Palermo had three titles: Prima Sedes, Corona Regis et Regni Caput, i.e. the first seat of th...

Byzantine art, which was developed from the 4th to the 16th century A.D., is characterised by a style that takes Hellenistic-Roman art and enriches it with oriental stylistic elements, typical of Asia Minor. If architecture has majestic and solemn churches, usually in the shape of a Greek cross, fig...

Byzantine art, which was developed from the 4th to the 16th century A.D., is characterised by a style that takes Hellenistic-Roman art and enriches it with oriental stylistic elements, typical of Asia Minor. If architecture has majestic and solemn churches, usually in the shape of a Greek cross, fig...