Church · Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily
Palatine Chapel, Palermo
Cappella Palatina
The Cappella Palatina is the chapel of the Royal Palace in Palermo, Sicily, dedicated to Saint Peter, with Byzantine mosaics in its presbytery.
Why go
The Cappella Palatina is the chapel inside the Royal Palace (Palazzo Reale) in Palermo, dedicated to Saint Peter; the Fondazione Federico II says it was planned after Roger II's coronation in 1130 and that Byzantine artists made the presbytery mosaics. It is also a parish church, San Pietro Apostolo, whose own site directs tourist visitors to the Fondazione Federico II for visiting times, prices and tickets. The Fondazione's visit page sells a ticket for the palace's monumental complex that includes the chapel, and warns that the palace, as seat of the Sicilian Parliament, and the chapel may close fully or partly, or change hours, without notice for institutional or religious reasons. The parish site says visitors must cover their shoulders and knees. This record is the chapel, not the palace around it.
Near Palatine Chapel, Palermo
Historic site
Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace of Palermo)
Palazzo dei Normanni, the Royal Palace of Palermo, is the seat of the Sicilian Parliament and contains the Cappella Palatina; the Fondazione Federico II opens its monumental complex to visitors.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Palermo Cathedral
Palermo Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Palermo, Sicily, dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption, and also a parish church.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Monreale Cathedral
Monreale Cathedral (Duomo di Monreale) is the Norman cathedral of the Archdiocese of Monreale, in the town of Monreale, Sicily, with mosaics covering its interior.
6 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Archaeological site
Segesta
Segesta is the archaeological site of an ancient Elymian city in western Sicily, in the comune of Calatafimi-Segesta, with a Doric temple on a hill outside the ancient town and a theatre in the summit area of Monte Barbaro.
49 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ