Iconography of the Cloister of Monreale
Carl D. Sheppard
The Benedictine cloister attached to the cathedral of Monreale preserves largest as well most impressive group sculptures survive from period Norman domination over Sicily and southern Italy. Situated only a few miles Palermo on slope rugged hill, it overlooks fertile valley with shores Mediterranean in near distance. was built during relatively short years between 1172 1189 by William II.2
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