Monreale Cathedral ★
A Christ Pantocrator 13 metres by 7, in a church lined with gold mosaic since 1172.
Monreale: 3 places to start with
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Churches Monreale Cathedral A Christ Pantocrator 13 metres by 7, in a church lined with gold mosaic since 1172. -
Churches Abbazia di San Martino delle Scale Historic Benedictine abbey near Monreale with 16th-century architecture, rich artwork, and a 137-meter facade. - Museums Museo diocesano Altarpieces, silver and manuscripts in Monreale's Archbishop's Palace, with windows onto cathedral and cloister.
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Churches and places of worship
7Abbazia di San Martino delle Scale ★
Historic Benedictine abbey near Monreale with 16th-century architecture, rich artwork, and a 137-meter facade.
Santuario di Maria Santissima del Rosario di Tagliavia
A 19th-century sanctuary in Monreale built on the site of a miraculous spring and a slate painting of the Virgin.
Chiesa di Sant'Anna
In the hamlet of Pioppo, at 527 metres, the church keeps a late-Baroque marble statue of Saint Benedict.
Chiesa di San Castrense
Church and Benedictine convent in central Monreale; the saint also has a chapel among the cathedral's treasures.
Chiesa di San Gaetano
Built around 1710 with its Theatine convent, part of Monreale's early eighteenth-century wave of church building.
Chiesa di Sant'Agata al Monte
A former Longobard complex demolished in 1907, whose surviving artworks and inscriptions are kept in local museums.
Museums, theatres and collections
2Museo diocesano ★
Altarpieces, silver and manuscripts in Monreale's Archbishop's Palace, with windows onto cathedral and cloister.
Chiostro di Santa Maria La Nuova in Monreale
The Romanesque cloister beside Monreale cathedral: paired mosaic columns and capitals carved with biblical stories.
Castles, palaces and villas
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Castellaccio di Monreale
Western Sicily's only fortified monastery, built in the 12th century atop Mount Caputo at 764 metres altitude.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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