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Monreale rises to south in Palermo in the north of Sicily. Abandoned on the slopes of the Caputo mountain, to 310 ms. on the level of the sea, it dominates the gold Basin and the city of Palermo, from which dista little kilometers, around 8. An ideal position next to the chief town and to a beautiful area of Sicily, rich from the naturalistic and historical point of view. It is without doubt a strategic base for the one that loves the trips in sicilia and it desires to spend some vacations Palermo. The zone is well connected with Palermo with frequent buses (then with the I bring, the airport and the station) and organized by the receptive point of view. They are found in fact is houses to rent, bed and breakfast and agriturismo up to the residences and the hotels sicilia. To west splendid places can be reached as those of the the Gulf of Castellamare up to St. Vito the Head and the Reserve of the Gypsy. To east the coastal zone can be explored toward Cefalù and the Park of the Madonies. Monreale is one of the more known tourist destinations to the world, known for his splendid and imposing Cathedral, very beautiful and harmonious. Wanted by the king Norman Guglielmo II in 1174, you/he/she had to be a building unprecedented. It rose so the most grandiose testimony of the Norman architecture in Sicily. The Cathedral and the cloister of Monreale are in fact, to distance of centuries and after varied tamperings, among the existing most spectacular constructions on the island. The outside of the Cathedral is characterized by a certain stylistic sobriety with the façade shut from two mighty square towers. The inside represents one of the taller artistic expressions of the whole Italian Middle Ages. The walls are entirely covered of mosaics gilded representing histories of the Old Will. The teachers that realized them were local and Venetian but they heard again a lot some influence of the Byzantine style. These mosaics are a spectacular fusion of Arab-Norman art. After having contemplated the beauty of the church you/he/she can be climbed on the terraces making an enough impervious run that however you/he/she is repaid by the view. Adjoining to the Cathedral it is the monumental complex, once center Benedictine Abbey, destined today, besides, to center of the Civic Gallery of art modern Joseph Sciortino. Today The fame of this complex is tied up to the cloister, structure that subsequently testifies the passion of Guglielmo II for the Arabic art. The Romanesque arcades are sustained by decorated columns with motives to mosaics. The town of Monreale was built, beginning from the sec. XIII, around the architectural complex of the Benedictine monastery of which it makes part the magnificent Cathedral. To the epoch the zone was practically desert, today the town can count more than 30.000 inhabitants. In the historical center various Baroque churches and an articulated fabric are discovered urban fact of holds lanes where beautiful to take some walks is. The everything is seasoned from many shops of craftsmanship restaurants and confectioneries. In the month of November it is worth not to lose the week of sacred music that develops him in the magnificent frame of the Cathedral and other sacred places. An occasion to be gathered for appreciating the atmosphere of this city
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