cloister of the Benedictine Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
The Benedictine Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, located on the rocky islet of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, was built starting in the 10th century and was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. The main feature of the complex is its close relationship with the sea, so much so that it seems to be almos...
After the restoration work that lasted for most of the 19th century, following the 1811 fire, major restoration campaigns have been carried out in recent decades: in the 1920s; in 1979 led by the architect Trizzino, and guided by the Superintendency of Cultural and Environmental Heritage of Palermo....
According to recent studies, the cloister’s twin capitals on double columns, an example of Romanesque sculpture with international appeal, are attributable, for the most part, to a Provençal sculptor known as the "master of cherubs". The magister who worked in the Cefalù Cathedral around 1160, a...
Theophany from the Greek theophàneia, meaning “the manifestation of God”, refers to the tangible manifestation of the divinity. In the Christian religion, episodes of theophany are present both in the Old Testament, where the apparitions are rich in descriptive detail. They are also present in ...
The central courtyard of the cloister is canonically defined as a garden, in which no flower essences are planted because they are deciduous; instead, the flowers are sculpted in the capitals, in the eternal nature of the stone.
The garden, according to tradition, is divided into four parts where f...
The Cefalù Cathedral mosaic decoration extends over the surface of the apse, the cross vault and the walls below. The mosaics were probably made in three different phases: they began in 1148 with the apse and the cross vault, and then in the following years they moved on to the walls.
The Byzantin...
In 395, Emperor Theodosius divided the empire into two parts: a Western part with Rome as its capital and an Eastern part with Constantinople as its capital. Over time, the division also affected the economy, language, art and religion. The Patriarch of Constantinople wanted to express his thoughts ...
Byzantine art, which was developed from the 4th to the 16th century A.D., is characterised by a style that takes Hellenistic-Roman art and enriches it with oriental stylistic elements, typical of Asia Minor. If architecture has majestic and solemn churches, usually in the shape of a Greek cross, fig...
Coming from Prato, serpentine marble or green marble was widely used in the Middle Ages because of its chromatic similarity to ancient green porphyry from the Peloponnese region. It has iridescent shades of grey, blue and very dark green, which allow for an interplay of colour. With the Romanesque s...
The new altar in the Cefalù Cathedral is the work of artist Virginio Caminaghi. Made of wax cast bronze, gilded and finished in pure gold, its base is decorated with a band depicting the procession of the twenty-four Vigils, who praise God, assist him and offer prayers in the Apocalypse. At the cen...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.