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The cloister of the abbey of Monreale (Sicily, Italy)
Monks' dormitory and frater, and the splendid cloister, completed about 1200 is well preserved, and is one of the finest Italian cloisters both for size and beauty of detail now extant. It is about 16 m², with pointed arches decorated with diaper work, supported on pairs of columns in white marble, 216 in all, which were alternately plain and decorated by bands of patterns in gold and colors, made of glass tesserae, arranged either spirally or vertically from end to end of each shaft.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Monreale, Italy
- Tags: the of abbey cloister monreale (sicily italy)
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The Cathedral of Monreale (Sicily, Italy)
The Cathedral of Monreale is the greatest of all the monuments of the wealth and artistic taste of the Norman kings in northern Sicily. It was begun about 1170 by William II, and in 1182 the church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, was, by a bull of Pope Lucius III, elevated to the rank of a metropolitan cathedral. The church is a national monument of Italy and one of the most important artistical attractions of Sicily.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Monreale, Italy
- Tags: the of cathedral monreale (sicily italy)
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