Monreale

The twelth-century cathedral of Monreale, near Palermo, has a wonderful mosaiced interior and a beautiful, very large cloister.
si13 052010413 j Monreale Duomo, 12th c. si13 052010391 j Gold mosaics si13 052010510 j Organ si13 052010410 j Mosaics around the nave
si13 052010523 j Painted ceiling si13 052010550 j Carved and painted ceiling si13 052011120 j Mosaics si13 052011182 j Nave
si13 052011190 j Mosaics telling stories si13 052011191 j Ceiling and arch si13 052011341 j The huge cloister has 228 double columns. si13 052011352 j The columns are all differently decorated.
si13 052011410 j xb The large cloister is beside the nave of the duomo. si13 052011411 j Inside the cloister is a mini-cloister with a fountain. si13 052011440 j Happy European tourist si13 052012041 s The site is quite hilly.
si13 052011510 j Beautiful columns si13 052011492 j Decorated columns si13 052011500 j Sculpted columns si13 052011520 j Columns
si13 052011510 s Mini-cloister and fountain si13 052011591 j Mini-cloister and fountain si13 052012030 s aa Mini-cloister and fountain si13 052011490 j Capital with two men fightin
si13 052012080 s cr a Left, a talking snake offers Eve an apple; right, an angel driiving Adam and Eve out of Paradise. si13 052012160 s cr2 a PIazza Vittorio Emanuele si13 052013094 j View over Palermo on the Tyrrhenian Sea si13 052013374 s bb En route, and what routes!
si13 052013580 j Landscape and, in the distance, highway viaduct si13 052013581 j There are many raised viaducts to make the rough places plane.