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contemporary with the church, under a marble pillared canopy, and the founder
William II's tomb, erected in 1575, were both shattered by a fire, which in 1811 broke out in the choir, injuring some of the mosaics and destroying all the fine walnut choir-fittings, the organs and most of the choir roof.
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The other half, eastern in two senses, is both wider and higher than the nave. It also is divided into a central space with two aisles, each of the divisions ending at the east with an apse. The roofs throughout are of open woodwork very low in pitch, constructionally plain, but richly decorated with
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The archiepiscopal palace and monastic buildings on the south side were of great size and magnificence, and were surrounded by a massive precinct wall, crowned at intervals by twelve towers. This has been mostly rebuilt, and but little now remains except ruins of some of the towers, a great part of
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while hunting in the woods near
Monreale. The Holy Virgin appeared to him in dream, suggesting him to build a church here. After removing the tree, a treasure was found in its roots, whose golden coins were used to finance the construction. It is more likely that the church was part of a plan of
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The tombs were rebuilt, and the whole of the injured part of the church restored a few years after the fire. The present organ, revised in 1967 by
Ruffatti, has six manuals and 102 stops.
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The latter is well preserved, and is one of the finest european cloisters now extant both for size and beauty of detail. It is about 2,200 m, with pointed arches decorated with
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chapels were added in the 17th and 18th centuries, which are shut off from the rest of the church. The bronze doors of the mosaic-decorated portal on the left side was executed by
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with a bull on 30 December 1174. Works, including an annexed abbey, were completed only in 1267 and the church consecrated at the presence of
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between the late 12th and the mid-13th centuries by both local and
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Official name: Arab-Norman
Palermo and the cathedral churches of Cefalù and Monreale
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marble) support eight pointed arches much stilted. The capitals of these (mainly
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Descrizione Del Real Tempio, E Monasterio Di Santa Maria Nuova, di
Morreale ..
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Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale
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Historia della chiesa di
Monreale. Scritta da Giovanni Luigi Lello
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as the seat of the diocese of
Monreale, which was elevated to the
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from northern France. The facade flanked by two towers. like the
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Guida per Palermo e pei suoi dintorni del barone V. Mortillaro
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Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova di Monreale; Duomo di Monreale
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Cathedral in Monreale, Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy
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Il duomo di Monreale - architettura di luce e icona
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472:The plan of the church is based on models of
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1083:Churches in the metropolitan city of Palermo
752:. Palermo: Tipografia del giorn. Letterario.
720:. Palermo: Regia Stamperia d'Agostino Epiro.
330:in 1183. Since 2015 it has been part of the
558:On the north of the choir are the tombs of
302:. One of the greatest existent examples of
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483:The basilican nave is wide, with narrow
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314:. In 1182 the church, dedicated to the
513:(entrance) between them. A large open
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104:38°04′54.69″N 13°17′31.44″E (Mappa)
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785:. Palermo: Flaccovio Editore.
731:Lello, Giovanni Luigi (1596).
390:Saint Louis IX, King of France
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746:Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1836).
716:del Giudice, Michele (1702).
361:, who had ordered the large
322:, elevated to the rank of a
296:Metropolitan City of Palermo
316:Nativity of the Virgin Mary
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809:Millunzi, Gaetano (1986).
674:Detail of the mosaic with
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433:Monreale Cathedral mosaics
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335:UNESCO World Heritage Site
290:) is a Catholic church in
195:UNESCO World Heritage Site
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781:Kitzinger, Ernst (1991).
678:and the Tree of Knowledge
318:, was, by a bull of Pope
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132:38.0818583°N 13.2920667°E
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766:. Touring Club Italiano.
450:, completed about 1200.
401:Giovanni Domenico Gagini
394:King Charles I of Naples
272:Europe and North America
44:Façade of the cathedral.
379:archdiocese of Monreale
348:According to a legend,
328:Archdiocese of Monreale
73:Archdiocese of Monreale
324:metropolitan cathedral
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137:38.0818583; 13.2920667
110:Geographic coordinates
857:Province of Agrigento
783:I mosaici di Monreale
568:Saint Louis of France
415:and featuring eleven
18:Cathedral of Monreale
1078:Cathedrals in Sicily
1036:Piana degli Albanesi
980:Province of Siracusa
935:Santa Lucia del Mela
811:Il Duomo di Monreale
735:. Rome. p. 100.
696:William II of Sicily
363:Cathedral of Palermo
352:fell asleep under a
350:William II of Sicily
312:William II of Sicily
1073:Norman architecture
1006:Province of Trapani
954:Province of Palermo
918:Province of Messina
892:Province of Catania
662:Mosaics in the nave
650:Mosaics in the apse
560:Margaret of Navarre
545:William I of Sicily
478:cathedral of Cefalù
446:, and the splendid
396:, was buried here.
304:Norman architecture
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813:. Rome: Vivere In.
421:Corinthian columns
367:Pope Alexander III
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33:Monreale Cathedral
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602:The cloister
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148:Architecture
909:Caltagirone
552:sarcophagus
519:Renaissance
455:diaper work
438:the monks'
427:Description
413:cross vault
250:State Party
167:Renaissance
135: /
56:Affiliation
1067:Categories
703:References
503:clerestory
493:Corinthian
467:lavatorium
431:See also:
373:. In 1178
354:carob tree
320:Lucius III
225:Designated
1041:Martorana
864:Agrigento
804:. Abadir.
692:William I
585:in 1179.
498:triforium
440:dormitory
383:cathedral
185:Completed
987:Siracusa
971:Monreale
904:Acireale
614:Cloister
549:porphyry
463:tesserae
448:cloister
388:In 1270
292:Monreale
217:Criteria
98:Monreale
94:Location
89:Location
68:Province
61:Catholic
50:Religion
1013:Trapani
961:Palermo
940:Nicosia
925:Messina
899:Catania
775:Sources
589:Gallery
579:Baroque
564:viscera
537:mosaics
522:portico
511:narthex
489:cipolin
344:History
284:Italian
232:session
171:Baroque
997:Ragusa
966:Cefalù
930:Lipari
850:Sicily
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515:atrium
485:aisles
459:marble
444:frater
300:Sicily
268:Region
259:
230:(39th
220:ii, iv
163:Gothic
159:Norman
945:Patti
407:, in
403:and
262:Italy
228:2015
154:Style
102:Italy
83:Roman
992:Noto
787:ISBN
694:and
626:Apse
577:Two
528:and
442:and
308:1174
244:1487
209:Type
188:1267
180:1172
79:Rite
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