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

1. Aghlabid conquest brings Sicily under Islamicate rule

   Jan 1, 831Labels: Aghlabids, Sicily

   • Britannica

2. Cattolica di Stilo built in Calabria

   Jan 1, 850Labels: Cattolica di, Calabria

   • Wikipedia

3. Byzantine footholds persist in southern Italy

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Italo-Greek, Southern Italy

   • Britannica

4. Norman conquest of Sicily begins long cultural synthesis

   Jan 1, 1061Labels: Normans, Sicily

   • Britannica

5. Construction begins at Basilica of San Nicola, Bari

   Jan 1, 1089Labels: Basilica of, Bari

   • UMich VRC

6. Roger II launches Cefalù Cathedral project

   Jun 7, 1131Labels: Cefal Cathedral, Roger II

   • WGA
   • Wikipedia

7. Roger II commissions the Cappella Palatina

   Jan 1, 1132Labels: Cappella Palatina, Roger II

   • Wikipedia

8. Palatine Chapel mosaics partly finished

   Jan 1, 1143Labels: Cappella Palatina, mosaics

   • Wikipedia

9. Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio founded in Palermo

   Jan 1, 1143Labels: Martorana, Palermo

   • Wikipedia
   • Norman Worlds

10. Cefalù apse mosaics begin

    Jan 1, 1145Labels: Cefal apse, Cefal Cathedral

    • WGA
    • Wikipedia

11. Otranto Cathedral mosaic pavement executed

    Jan 1, 1163Labels: Otranto Cathedral, Pantaleon

    • Wikipedia
    • Otranto Mosaic

12. Cefalù Byzantine mosaics completed before 1170

    Jan 1, 1170Labels: Cefal mosaics, scholarship

    • Notre Dame

13. William II begins Monreale Cathedral

    Jan 1, 1172Labels: Monreale Cathedral, William II

    • Wikipedia

14. Monreale elevated to metropolitan cathedral

    Jan 1, 1182Labels: Monreale, Papal action

    • Wikipedia

15. Monreale mosaic campaign expands in late 12th century

    Jan 1, 1185Labels: Monreale mosaics, Monreale Cathedral

    • Wikipedia
    • Wikipedia

16. Arab-Norman Palermo inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage

    Jan 1, 2015Labels: Arab-Norman Palermo, UNESCO

    • UNESCO