Arab-Norman architecture

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Arab-Norman architecture is a distinctive medieval Sicilian style that fuses Islamic, Byzantine, and Western European elements, most famously seen in the churches and palaces of Palermo and its surroundings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
cultural heritage
developedDuring 12th century
Middle Ages
Norman states in Southern Italy
surface form: Norman period in Sicily
developedIn Palermo
Sicily
employedCraftsmenFrom Byzantine Empire
Islamic world
local Sicilian population
hasAlternativeName Arab-Norman architecture
surface form: Arab-Norman style

Arab-Norman architecture
surface form: Norman-Arab-Byzantine architecture
hasCenter Palermo
hasCharacteristic Byzantine-style gold ground mosaics
basilican church plans with Islamic decorative programs
cloistered courtyards
fortified palace complexes
fusion of Islamic, Byzantine, and Latin Christian elements
geometric and arabesque ornament
integration of gardens and water features
interlacing arches
mosaic decoration
muqarnas decoration
polychrome stonework
stalactite-like vaulting
use of Kufic and Arabic inscriptions
use of domes
use of pointed arches
wooden muqarnas ceilings
hasCulturalSignificance evidence of multicultural court of Norman Sicily
symbol of coexistence of Latin, Greek, and Arab cultures in medieval Sicily
hasExample Admiral’s Bridge in Palermo
Cappella Palatina in Palermo
surface form: Cappella Palatina

Cefalù Cathedral
Church of La Martorana
Church of San Cataldo
Cuba Palace
Monreale Cathedral
Palatine Chapel
Palermo Cathedral
Zisa Palace
hasMaterial brick
gold tesserae for mosaics
marble
stone
stucco
wood
hasRegion Cefalù
Monreale
Palermo
northwestern Sicily
influenced Mediterranean hybrid architectural forms
later Sicilian architecture
influencedBy Byzantine architecture
Fatimid art
surface form: Fatimid architecture

Greek-Byzantine craftsmanship
Islamic architecture
North African Islamic traditions
Western European Romanesque architecture
partOf Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale
patron King of Sicily
surface form: Norman kings of Sicily

Roger II of Sicily
William I of Sicily
William II of Sicily
recognizedAs UNESCO World Heritage component
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2015
UNESCOSiteType cultural
usedFor bridges
cathedrals
churches
civic works
palaces

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Palermo knownFor Arab-Norman architecture
Sicily–Italian Peninsula hasHeritage Arab-Norman architecture
this entity surface form: Norman-Arab architecture
Monreale architecturalStylePresent Arab-Norman architecture
Cefalù knownFor Arab-Norman architecture
Arab-Norman architecture hasAlternativeName Arab-Norman architecture
this entity surface form: Arab-Norman style
Arab-Norman architecture hasAlternativeName Arab-Norman architecture
this entity surface form: Norman-Arab-Byzantine architecture
Norman Palace architecturalStyle Arab-Norman architecture
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale architecturalStyle Arab-Norman architecture
this entity surface form: Arab-Norman
Kalsa hasHeritage Arab-Norman architecture
this entity surface form: Arab-Norman
Kalsa knownFor Arab-Norman architecture
Albergheria hasCulturalHeritage Arab-Norman architecture