Duomo di Monreale

Place of Worship Sicily, Italy

The cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova is the main place of Catholic worship in Monreale, in the metropolitan city of Palermo, the archbishop's seat of the homonymous archdiocese. Someone called it the most beautiful temple in the world and undoubtedly the Cathedral of Monreale is one of the most beautiful examples of how art manages to enter into harmony with the human heart. As demonstrated by the approximately 6400 square meters of mosaic that give an artistic reinterpretation of the Bible.

You will be amazed by the exterior and interior of this cathedral. The main facade is inserted inside two asymmetrical towers while the rear part of the cathedral of Monreale is an admirable example of Arab art with polychrome decorations obtained from the use of burnished limestone, grey-black lava and red bricks in horizontal bands . The walls are enriched by tondos of different sizes and designs that simulate finely decorated blind rosettes. Inside the cathedral there are many particularities that you will be able to see such as the king's throne and the ceilings made of polychrome wood, a variety of typologies of the classic roofing of medieval architecture. The roof of the central nave is in the shape of a ship's hull, made up of huge trunks carved with gold friezes.