Santa Maria l'Incoronata, Byzantine chapel near Palermo Cathedral, Italy.
Santa Maria l'Incoronata features a single-nave structure with a north-south axis and includes a portico known as the Coronation Lodge.
The chapel served as the official coronation site for seventeen kings and five queens of Sicily, following the explicit wishes of King Roger II.
Originally constructed as a Roman basilica, the building transformed into a mosque during Saracen rule before returning to Christian worship under Norman sovereignty.
The deconsecrated chapel now functions as an exhibition space for the Regional Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily, under cultural heritage management.
The structure sustained significant artillery damage during the 1860 Garibaldi uprising, resulting in the destruction of the cathedral archives.
Location: Palermo
Architectural style: Byzantine architecture
GPS coordinates: 38.11445,13.35529
Latest update: March 7, 2025 05:05
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