PALAZZO DEI NORMANNI AND PALATINE CHAPEL
HISTORY
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Thus, the construction you can admire today is for the most part the result of work carried out on the orders of the Norman, Roger II. After he became king of Sicily in 1130, he transferred his...
PALATINE CHAPEL 1
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After you cross the monumental courtyard with its three light, airy loggias, built in the 17th century under the Viceroy Maqueda, and take the monumental staircase up to the loggia on the first floor,...
PALATINE CHAPEL 2
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You’re bound to have noticed the beautiful inlaid and painted wooden ceiling, an extremely rare, original work by Arab craftsmen.
On the wall at the entrance, on a raised base with five steps,...
PALATINE CHAPEL 3
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Now pay attention to the furnishings. Next to the pulpit, you will no doubt notice the distinctive four-and-a-half-meter-high marble candelabra for the Paschal candle, an amazing work of Sicilian...
RUGGERO HALL
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The small Ruggero Hall is the most beautiful in the palace, and maintains its magnificent Norman decoration.
The lower part of the wall is covered in marble slabs with mosaic inserts.
The ceiling...
