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driving in Palermo

Pensione Trachina room

October 14, 2019

Travels in Sicily – Palermo to Scopello

October 11 Yesterday we spent church hopping, to see the mosaics created by Venetian and Egyptian artists for the Arab-Norman churches in the 12th century. The Venetians created these beautiful  Byzantine-style religious mosaics, while the Egyptians decorated floors, columns, and walls with elaborate geometric patterns, in the Islamic tradition of not rendering anything found in […]

Filed Under: Travels Fall 2019 Tagged With: driving in Palermo, La Capilla Palatina, Monreale, mosaics, Palermo, Pensione Tranchina, San Vito do Capo, Scopello, Zingaro Preserve

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