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_057

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Keywords

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

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