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Palatine Chapel

The Palatine Chapel /ˈpælətaɪn ˈtʃæpəl/ is the royal chapel of the in , . This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sicily during the 12th century after Roger I and Robert Guiscard conquered the island.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: royal chapel in Palermo, Sicily
  • Also known as: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Postal code: 90134
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palermo Astronomical Observatory and Porta Nuova.

Museum
The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in , , Italy, housed inside the .

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is a monumental of . It represents the entrance of the Cassaro from Corso Calatafimi and is located beside , royal palace of Palermo. is situated 160 metres northwest of Palatine Chapel.

Church
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is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of , region of , Italy. is situated 180 metres southeast of Palatine Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Albergaria, Palermo and Monte di Pietà, Palermo.

Neighborhood
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Albergaria or Albergheria, also known as Palazzo Reale, is a historical quarter of the city of in . The district is southwest of .

Neighborhood
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Monte di Pietà, also called Seralcadi, Seralcadio, or il Capo, is one of the original quarters of , region of Sicily, Italy. The four original districts were established during the Spanish rule of Palermo.

Palatine Chapel

Latitude
38.11088° or 38° 6′ 39″ north
Longitude
13.35351° or 13° 21′ 13″ east
Open location code
8FCM4963+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q1034853
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Palatine Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kapera Palatinoa (Palermo)”
  • Basque: “Kapera Palatinoa”
  • Catalan: “Capella Palatina de Palerm”
  • Chinese: “帕拉提那小堂”
  • Chinese: “帕拉提那禮拜堂”
  • Czech: “Kaple Palatine”
  • Dutch: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Esperanto: “Palaca Kapelo de Palermo”
  • Finnish: “Palatiinikappeli”
  • French: “Cappella Palatina”
  • French: “Chapelle palatine de Palerme”
  • French: “Chapelle Palatine”
  • German: “Capella Palatina”
  • German: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Greek: “Παλατινό Παρεκκλήσιο (Παλέρμο)”
  • Greek: “Παλατινό Παρεκκλήσιο”
  • Hebrew: “קפלה פלאטינה”
  • Hungarian: “Palatinus-kápolna”
  • Indonesian: “Capella Palatina”
  • Italian: “cappella Palatina”
  • Italian: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Japanese: “カペラ・パラティーナ”
  • Japanese: “パラティーナ礼拝堂”
  • Korean: “팔라티노 채플”
  • Malay: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Norwegian: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Persian: “کلیسای پالاتینا”
  • Polish: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Portuguese: “Capela Palatina”
  • Portuguese: “Cappela Palatina”
  • Portuguese: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Russian: “Палатинская капелла (Палермо)”
  • Russian: “Палатинская капелла”
  • Serbian: “Капела Палатина”
  • Slovenian: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Spanish: “Capilla palatina de palermo”
  • Spanish: “Capilla palatina de Palermo”
  • Tagalog: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Thai: “กัปเปลลาปาลาตีนา”
  • Turkish: “Cappella Palatina”
  • Turkish: “Palatine Şapeli”
  • Ukrainian: “Палатинська капела”
  • Vietnamese: “Cappella Palatina”

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