The Titulus, in Palermo Cathedral, is the space where the Canons Regular sat, taking their place in the choir, and which contained both the bishop's chair and the royal seat. Next to the Titulus and Antititulus are the sacristies, which have now been converted into the Cathedral Treasury. In the Mon...

The Monreale tribuna maggiore is one of the Cathedral’s oldest environments. It covers the pre-absidal and apse bays. In Christian churches, the tribune is a raised space behind the choir that can also be configured as an external or internal carved loggia....

The Post-Presbytery Floor is a longitudinal and narrow space located between the Presbytery and Tribuna maggiore of the central apse. It is also present in the Palermo Cathedral, where it is known as the Antititulus....

The Post-Presbytery Floor is a longitudinal and narrow space located between the Presbytery and Tribuna maggiore of the central apse. It is also present in the Palermo Cathedral, where it is known as the Antititulus....

The Anti-Presbytery Floor is a longitudinal and narrow space located between the nave and the presbytery itself. This space, in front of the organ, separated the two parts: the visible part for the faithful and the hidden part for the clergy. For this reason, the iconostasis was located in the anti-...

The Great Presbytery of Monreale, wide and compact, is square shaped. The size could be determined by a mixed commission and thus by a double rite: Latin and Greek. This characteristic could explain the presence of the iconostasis, which was definitively removed in 1658. The Great Presbytery can be ...

The liturgical hall of a church is the space between the façade and the presbytery. In the hall, the faithful attend the services and the religious rite. It can be at a lower level than the chancel through the use of steps or it can be separated by a balustrade. In churches of the Greek rite or eve...

The Palermo Cathedral is formed by the elongated and longitudinal body of the nave and the compact body of the sanctuary with a double transept. This expedient, already present and experimented in the Monreale Cathedral, is of even greater important in Palermo, and is also reflected in the external ...

The chapel as we see it today is the result of considerable architectural renovations, carried out between 1946 and 1948. In fact, we know that the door in the back wall of the sacristy was originally in the wall dividing the altar from the sacristy before being demolished in 1946. In the same year,...

The Chapel of San Castrense has a strongly longitudinal schematic layout, which is also due to the mirrored location of the altar and the founder's tomb. The roof is divided in a simple and linear way into three equal parts by a system of round arches. The division is also noticeable thanks to the p...