Cathedral (Cathedral)
The eastern exterior of the Palermo cathedral preserves the original Normand character: three apses, rounded rounds and curved parapets.The southern part, overlooking the market, is memorable for his 1453 Gothic-Catal porch through which you will enter.One of his columns, with an early Arab inion, comes from a mosque. In the triangular refrigerator contains a sculpture, God the father on his throne and above the threshold, a mosaic of the Virgin Mary of the 13th century on a golden background.The bell tower dates from the 12th century, but was rebuilt in 1840. The Loggia dell 'crowned on the left of the western front, where the kings appeared after their coronation, was also built in the 12th century, but modified in the 15th century.Norman-Hohestaufen.The four sarcophagi are in the Purple Egyptian porphyry, previously allowed only for the tombs of the Roman and Byzantine emperors.The eardrum presents the Norman crown, and on the top are decorative panels of the Virgin Mary and Christ between the symbols of the apostles.You will see their children in the tombs of the Sicilian nobility on the other hand of the island. In a figurative sarcophagus in the right wall is the tomb of Frederic's first wife, Constance by Aragon, who died in 1222. The sarcophagus was opened in 1781, and inside the teza was found in the tees.The most remarkable of these is the almost priceless crown of the Constanta of Aragon, richly decorated with pearls and precious stones.It is probably the same as Frederic II was crowned by Pope Honorius III in 1220-he would have placed it in the tomb of Constanta.