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Cattedrale di Monreale is consecrated

1172 CE · Italy, Europe · Religion

Cattedrale di Monreale is consecrated
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Monreale Cathedral is a Catholic church in Monreale, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. One of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily and is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.

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