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Byzantine Art in Sicily and Southern Italy (9th–13th centuries)

Byzantine Art in Sicily and Southern Italy (9th–13th centuries)

  1. Aghlabid conquest brings Sicily under Islamicate rule

    Labels: Aghlabids, Sicily
  2. Cattolica di Stilo built in Calabria

    Labels: Cattolica di, Calabria
  3. Byzantine footholds persist in southern Italy

    Labels: Italo-Greek, Southern Italy
  4. Norman conquest of Sicily begins long cultural synthesis

    Labels: Normans, Sicily
  5. Construction begins at Basilica of San Nicola, Bari

    Labels: Basilica of, Bari
  6. Roger II launches Cefalù Cathedral project

    Labels: Cefal Cathedral, Roger II
  7. Roger II commissions the Cappella Palatina

    Labels: Cappella Palatina, Roger II
  8. Palatine Chapel mosaics partly finished

    Labels: Cappella Palatina, mosaics
  9. Cefalù apse mosaics begin

    Labels: Cefal apse, Cefal Cathedral
  10. Cefalù Byzantine mosaics completed before 1170

    Labels: Cefal mosaics, scholarship
  11. William II begins Monreale Cathedral

    Labels: Monreale Cathedral, William II
  12. Monreale elevated to metropolitan cathedral

    Labels: Monreale, Papal action
  13. Monreale mosaic campaign expands in late 12th century

    Labels: Monreale mosaics, Monreale Cathedral
  14. Arab-Norman Palermo inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage

    Labels: Arab-Norman Palermo, UNESCO