During the reconfiguration of Palermo Cathedral, carried out at the end of the 18th century, according to Ferdinando Fuga's project, the interior also underwent some changes: the dome and side chapels surmounted by small domes were added. Royal and imperial sarcophagi from the Norman-Swabian period ...

During the reconfiguration of Palermo Cathedral, carried out at the end of the 18th century, according to Ferdinando Fuga's project, the interior also underwent some changes: the dome and side chapels surmounted by small domes were added. Royal and imperial sarcophagi from the Norman-Swabian period ...

The Loggia dei mercanti area is located in the Castellamare district, formerly known as Amalfitania. Since the Arab period, it was a privileged place for merchants, also due to its proximity to the Cala landing place. The urban fabric was particularly lively: Pisans, Genoese, Catalans, Amalfitans, a...

The church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi stands in the "Loggia" district, near the ancient port known as “la Cala”. Dating from the Renaissance period, it was designed by the Piedmontese architect Giorgio di Faccio. The slender façade reflects the Renaissance style: divided into two orders by a c...

Giorgio di Faccio, from Piedmont, is known for his work as an architect in the city of Palermo from 1559 to 1592. Without a doubt, his most famous work in the Sicilian capital was the Church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi, located in the 'Loggia' district near “la Cala”. He died in Palermo in 1592 ...

A tetrastyle is a system in which there are four columns, including on the façade, as in the case of a temple or portico. The term ‘tetrastyle’ comes from the Greek τετράστυλος meaning "with four columns". In antiquity, it was used by both the Greeks and the Romans for small building...

In the 18th century lexicon, the Tuscan or Doric-Italic style, first used by the Etruscans and then spread to Rome, was called the Tuscolan style. The Tuscan capitals are of Doric-Italic type....

Egyptian granite columns were commonly referred to as Theban-type columns, because they reflected the materials and decoration found in the temples of Karnak, Luxor and Abydos, built in the Theban period of the New Empire (18th-20th dynasty)....

Romanesque is an artistic period that developed in the Middle Ages, from the end of the 10th century until the middle of the 12th century, i.e. until the emergence of Gothic art. The Romanesque period saw a revival of monumental sculpture work and architecture. Typical Romanesque features are the th...

Palermo Cathedral’s late-Romanesque style, marble doorway, located in the western part, was made between 1352 and 1353. Splayed with recessed rings, it is closed by an aedicula containing a bas-relief depicting the Virgin and Child....