{"id":693,"date":"2025-03-10T09:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:59:21","slug":"monreale-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Monreale Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4856-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4856-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4856-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4856-1-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4856-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4856-1.jpg 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First stop today was the <a href=\"http:\/\/dedicated to the nativity of the Virgin Mary\">Monreale Cathedral<\/a> near Palermo. It was started in 1174 by King William II, with various construction phases continuing through 1267. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4863-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4863-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4863-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4863-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4863-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4863.jpg 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>King William, the Good, dedicated the Cathedral to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Note that the postcards and artwork for sale behind Mary are not sanctioned by King William. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4869-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4869-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4869-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4869-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4869.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>70,000 square feet of gold and colored glass mosaic tiles illustrate all the major Biblical stories from the Creation, through the life, death and resurrection of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give a sense of scale in this space, the palm of Jesus\u2019 hand in this picture is six feet tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4877-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4877-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4877-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4877-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4877-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4877.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monreale, being a city on a hill, overlooks Palermo and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the northeast. Note the flags. Being in the middle of the Mediterranean, and this time of year, there are frequent warnings of high winds. This one was for 36 mph gusts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4896-1-1024x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4896-1-1024x314.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4896-1-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4896-1-768x235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cejavu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_4896-1.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First stop today was the Monreale Cathedral near Palermo. It was started in 1174 by King William II, with various construction phases continuing through 1267. King William, the Good, dedicated the Cathedral to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Note that the postcards and artwork for sale behind Mary are not sanctioned by King William. 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