Tag: san giovanni degli eremiti
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Another Door Opens
Doorway at the Arab-Norman UNESCO designated San Giovanni degli Eremiti church in Palermo
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Palermo’s Oasis of Tranquility
My favorite Norman, King Roger II, commissioned Palermo’s San Giovanni degli Eremiti (Saint John of the Hermits) in 1130. Completed in 1148, its red domes rise above a garden of citrus trees, roses, fichi d’india, jasmine, and other exotic plants. On Monday afternoon, we wandered through the pathways and cloister of this oasis of tranquility…
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About 885 Years Old
King Roger II commissioned Palermo’s San Giovanni degli Eremiti (Saint John of the Hermits) in 1130. Completed in 1148, its red domes rise above a garden of citrus trees, roses, fichi d’india, and jasmine that was once flanked the city’s ancient Kemonia River. There is evidence that on its site was once a pagan building,…
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Red on the Outside, Light on the Inside
The interior of Palermo’s San Giovanni degli Eremiti (1132) is at once ancient and modern. The church’s renowned five domes–red on the outside–sing with light and tranquility on the inside.
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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…
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The Red Domes of Palermo
The red domes of Palermo’s San Giovanni degli Eremiti, built in 1132, rise above a garden of citrus trees, roses, fichi d’india, and jasmine.