The splendid cloister of the Cathedral at Monreale built circa 1200 boasts 228 uniquely designed columns. This one depicting Adam and Eve is one of my favorites.
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Palermo’s San Giovanni degli Eremiti
The cloister and red domes of Palermo’s San Giovanni degli Eremiti were built by Arab-Norman craftsmen and laborers in 1132 under that command of King Roger II. Its flowering gardens, reminiscent of what one might have encountered in ancient cities along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, are a sanctuary in the midst of the city’s…