Palermo, The Royal Palace or Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans), The Palatine Chapel (Basilica), central nave: wooden ceiling, created by Fatimid school masters and consisting of wooden coffers called muqarnas, painted with rare images (phytoform and zoomorphic ornaments, birds, fantastic and mythological animals, including human figures in hunting, making war and love, players, dancers and belly dancers, chess players: These figures are generally prohibited by the Muslim tradition) and Cufic inscriptions (1143). Detail. Palazzo Reale (Palazzo dei Norma, Palermo (PA), Sicilia - Sicily, Italia - Italy
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Palermo, The Royal Palace or Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans), The Palatine Chapel (Basilica), central nave: wooden ceiling, created by Fatimid school masters and consisting of wooden coffers called muqarnas, painted with rare images (phytoform and zoomorphic ornaments, birds, fantastic and mythological animals, including human figures in hunting, making war and love, players, dancers and belly dancers, chess players: These figures are generally prohibited by the Muslim tradition) and Cufic inscriptions (1143).
Detail.
Palazzo Reale (Palazzo dei Norma, Palermo (PA), Sicilia - Sicily, Italia - Italy

Date

Aug 14, 2010

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Ghigo Roli/Photo12

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GHR26A02_056

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Italy Sicily Palermo Palazzo Reale Royal Palace Palazzo dei Normanni Palace of the Normans UNESCO World Heritage Site Norman Age Basilica Palatina Palatine Chapel Church Art Arabic Art Muqarna Ceiling Fatimide Fatimid Islam Coffer Decoration Kufic Inscription Wood

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