Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
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How it came to be
From 1130 to 1194 Sicily was a Norman kingdom with Palermo as its capital.
In 1132 Roger II ordered the Palatine Chapel, dedicated to St Peter, built inside the royal palace, and the work took eight years. The transept mosaics are attributed to Byzantine artists, while the muqarnas ceiling may be the work of craftsmen from North Africa, Egypt or elsewhere.
Nine buildings, among them the Royal Palace with its Palatine Chapel, the Zisa Palace, Palermo Cathedral, San Giovanni degli Eremiti, the Admiral's Bridge and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale, were inscribed in 2015.
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