The Cathedrals of Cefalu and Monreale

Roger II establishes Norman kingdom in Sicily and is known for his tolerance. The kingdom including harmonious religious diversity with each other is considered rare, but its kingdom is known for its relative harmony. His grandson, William II, continued this kingdom. He is the last route Norman d'Hauteville ruled Sicily directly. In this article we examine two cathedrals, Cefalu (built by Roger II) and Monreale (built by William II). These cathedrals are home to the Norman dynasty in Sicily d'Hauteville.

In 1172, at the beginning of his reign, King William II of Norman came up with a magnificent project to build a complex consisting of the cathedral, the adjacent monastery and the royal palace in Monreale. His purpose was to model the mausoleum of the dynasty in Palermo not far from Palermo, imitating the mausoleum Roger II previously built with Chefar, and to build strong loyalty to the royal family rather than Palermo. The new archbishop, Palermo, is promoting the reconstruction of the cathedral at the time. As early as 1183, the bulls released by Pope Lucius III promoted Monreale to the Archbishop, which means that the church and the monastery were completed on the same day. Construction of the monastery began at the advanced stage of the construction project and the expansion of the monastery room was related to the arrival of 100 Benedictine monks of Cava dei Tirreni led by Abbot Theobald in the spring of 1176.

However, the wonderful expansion of Byzantine art at this time is one of the most outstanding facts in the history of the empire, not only that. From the 10th to the 12th century, Byzantium was the main source of Western inspiration. According to its style, arrangement, image, the San Marco cathedral of Venice and the mosaic of Torcello obviously show their Byzantine origin. Similarly, the Palatino Chapel, the Cathedral of Martorana in Palermo, the architecture of the Cefalu cathedral, and the magnificent decoration of the Monreale Cathedral proved the influence of Byzantine court in the Sicilian Norman Court of the 12th century.

We visited the main Catholic Cathedral in this area Cueral de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe en Tijuana. Mexican society is mainly Catholic, Tijuana is no exception. According to the standards of most of the cathedral that I visited, the cathedral is not large, but the local people actively patronize it. "When you go to Europe, you can see the cathedral hundreds of years ago," Andres told us. "We do not have Tijuana's, which has become a cathedral in 1964." Tijuana's interesting to me is how to slowly build cultural identity. It is too young to absorb a common history like the old world cities, and because it is a somewhat loose law, we can not build a reputable society. There are other things about Tijuana's identity change. Immediately, I will begin to understand