Cappella Palatina in Palermo

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church royal chapel tourist attraction

The Cappella Palatina in Palermo is a 12th-century royal chapel renowned for its fusion of Norman, Byzantine, and Islamic artistic styles, especially its lavish gold mosaics and intricate wooden muqarnas ceiling.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cappella Palatina 2
Cappella Palatina in Palermo canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church ⓘ
royal chapel ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palatine Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Arab-Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine ⓘ
Islamic ⓘ
Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceilingType muqarnas ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction 12th century ⓘ
city Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd 1140 ⓘ
constructionStart 1130 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalInfluence Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine ⓘ
Islamic ⓘ
Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
floorPlanType basilica ⓘ
governingBody Regional Assembly of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDepiction Christ Pantocrator mosaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature Arabic inscriptions on ceiling ⓘ
elevated presbytery ⓘ
marble inlay decoration ⓘ
three-aisled nave ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus protected historic monument ⓘ
interiorDecoration Byzantine mosaics ⓘ
liturgicalRite Latin rite ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
notableFor fusion of Norman, Byzantine, and Islamic styles ⓘ
gold mosaics ⓘ
wooden muqarnas ceiling ⓘ
partOf Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palazzo dei Normanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
province Metropolitan City of Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2015 ⓘ
usedAs royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allerheiligen-Hofkirche → inspiredBy → Cappella Palatina in Palermo ⓘ
Palazzo dei Normanni → contains → Cappella Palatina in Palermo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cappella Palatina
Arab-Norman architecture → hasExample → Cappella Palatina in Palermo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cappella Palatina