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Church of San Cataldo
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Luna
October 5, 2019
Another must see in Palermo, a Norman church, next to the luxuriant church Martorana, this is smaller and very simple, because it does not contain mosaics (as it was unfinished) and it was the private chapel of a private palazzo. What is particularly valuable here is the floor. But the outside architecture is very beautiful and so typical of Palermo, with its pink, 'arabic' domes, also found in other Norman churches in Palermo and Sicily. They are due to the strong tardition of the arabic population, and in particular, their builders, overcome, but not underestimated when it came to building and other cultural fields, by the Normans.
Another must see in Palermo, a Norman church, next to the luxuriant church Martorana, this is smaller and very simple, because it does not contain mosaics (as it was unfinished) and it was the private chapel of a private palazzo. What is particularly valuable here is the floor. But the outside archi…
Peppe
March 20, 2019
The Church of San Cataldo is a Catholic church located at Piazza Bellini
Danilo
April 17, 2015
its most distinctive features are the three pinkish red domes or cupolas.
Bruno And Breakfast
April 30, 2019
The Church of San Cataldo (1160 ca.) stands next to the church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio and together with it is a monumental complex of strong attractiveness. Unlike San Giovanni degli Eremiti, which is a single hall, the church of San Cataldo has a basilica body with four columns. Through Islamic stereometrics, the use of three domes on the central axis and barrel vaults on the side bays, it translates the model of the basilica church with an original language. The absence of internal coverings makes it possible to better appreciate the architecture, the walls, the articulation of the vaults and the domes.
The Church of San Cataldo (1160 ca.) stands next to the church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio and together with it is a monumental complex of strong attractiveness. Unlike San Giovanni degli Eremiti, which is a single hall, the church of San Cataldo has a basilica body with four columns. Through Isl…
Rico
November 18, 2015
It is a notable example of the Arab-Norman architecture which flourished in Sicily under the Norman domination of the island.
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1 Piazza Bellini
Palermo, Sicilia