Highlights of Italy and Sicily

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5/22/2004 11:26:06 AM
Entrance for trucks and cars. Passengers enter on the small gangway on the right.

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5/22/2004 1:58:46 PM
Night view of Naples as we leave port.

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Early morning docking in Palermo.

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Sunrise in Palermo.

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5/22/2004 11:07:16 PM
The cabin deck of our ferry. Our cabin is the third from the right.

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5/22/2004 11:14:46 PM
Patron Saint Rosalie in Palermo port of entry.

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5/23/2004 1:41:34 AM
Heading to the Palatine Chapel (in the rain)

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5/23/2004 2:16:32 AM
Coach in the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace in Palermo.

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5/23/2004 2:19:12 AM
Palace Chapel in Palermo.

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Interior of the Palatine Chapel. Arab influence in the decorations.

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Lots of gilt and gold mosaics in the Palatine Chapel.

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5/23/2004 2:27:20 AM
The royal chapel is the architectural jewel of the Norman kings’ palace in Palermo. Dominated by the figure of Christ pantocrator, the mosaics of the large hemispherical cupola, with those of the apse, are the focal point of the programme of decoration.

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Kapoc tree with one ball of kapoc hanging. Palermo

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The mosaic cycles of the side aisles illustrate scenes from the Old and New Testaments, particularly the Acts of the Apostles

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Also illustrated are details of the mosaic cycles, masterpieces of the Byzantine and Siculo-Byzantine schools

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Baptism font in The Duomo Santa Maria La Nuova of Monreale in Sicily.

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The Duomo Santa Maria La Nuova of Monreale in Sicily.

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5/23/2004 2:45:40 AM
The Monreale Cathedral - " the most beautiful Temple of the world "

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5/23/2004 2:46:28 AM
The organ in the The Monreale Cathedral

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Sundial on the floor of the Monreale Cathedral

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