Palermo, the capital city of Sicily

Dome, La Martorana

Inside the dome of the Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio church; The name Ammiraglio (“admiral”) derives from the founder of the church, the Greek admiral and principal minister of King Roger II of Sicily, George of Antioch. The church was founded in 1143. It is better known as La Martorana, named after Eloisa Martorana, the founder of a convent of Benedictine nuns adjacent to the church in of Benedictine nuns in 1193-94; in 1433-34 the convent took charge of the church.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Fri Oct 14, 1994
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