CATHEDRAL
PRESENTATION PART I
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The Norman king, William II, known as the Good, wanted to have a new cathedral built in Monreale, where he intended to create a church of unprecedented splendor. The archbishop Walter Ophamil, in...
PRESENTATION PART II
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I suggest you take a look at the facade; although it seems older, it was not actually completed until 1906.
It’s difficult to take in the whole facade, because it is separated from the...
ROYAL TOMBS
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Two important chapels, easy to find thanks to the signage, contain the monumental tombs of kings and emperors, moved here after the renovation of the basilica.
The first of the tombs, with a porphyry...
