This article is about the building in Palermo (Italy). For the monument in Aachen, see Palatine Chapel, Aachen.
Fatimid arches and Byzantine mosaics complement each other within the Palatine Chapel.
The Palatine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Palatina) is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sicily during the 12th century after Roger I and Robert Guiscard conquered the island.
Also referred to as a Palace church or Palace chapel,[1] it was commissioned by Roger II of Sicily in 1132 to be built upon an older chapel (now the crypt) constructed around 1080. It took eight years to build, receiving a royal charter the same year, with the mosaics being only partially finished by 1143.[1] The sanctuary, dedicated to Saint Peter, is reminiscent of a domed basilica. It has three apses, as is usual in Byzantine architecture, with six pointed arches (three on each side of the central nave) resting on recycled classical columns. The muqarnas ceiling of the nave and the chapel's rectilinear form show the Fatimid influence in the building's construction.
The Palatine Chapel (Italian: CappellaPalatina) is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine...
art are the CappellaPalatina of Roger II, the Martorana church in Palermo and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale. The CappellaPalatina clearly shows...
main residence of the kings. In 1132 King Roger II added the famous CappellaPalatina to the complex.[additional citation(s) needed] During the reign of...
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depicted extensively in the ceiling paintings in the Palermo's royal CappellaPalatina, dedicated by the Norman King Roger II of Sicily in 1140. His Hohenstaufen...
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Basileus, and Khalif? Identity, Politics, and Propaganda in the CappellaPalatina". Mediterranean Studies. 16. Penn State University Press: 21–45. doi:10...
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in the CappellaPalatina in Palermo." Byzanz und der Westen, Vienna, 1984, 99–115. "The Portraits of the Evangelists in the CappellaPalatina in Palermo...
the nobility, with the sumptuous CappellaPalatina, and the third for the court and for guests. The CappellaPalatina ("Palace Chapel") was built in 1683...
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depicted extensively in the ceiling paintings in the Palermo’s royal CappellaPalatina, dedicated by the Norman King Roger II of Sicily in 1140. His Hohenstaufen...
Basileus, and Khalif? Identity, Politics, and Propaganda in the CappellaPalatina". Mediterranean Studies. 16. Penn State University Press. doi:10.2307/41167003...
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