{"id":4661,"date":"2023-01-30T19:46:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpress\/?page_id=4661"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:59:16","slug":"monreale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/monreale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='av-horizontal-gallery av-horizontal-gallery-large-gap av-horizontal-gallery--effect av-horizontal-gallery-1  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  av-control-default '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"   ><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide av-horizontal-gallery-prev' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'>Anteriore<\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide av-horizontal-gallery-next' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'>Posteriore <\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-inner' style='padding-bottom:25%' data-av-height='25'><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-slider'><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='1030' height='684' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/X-copia-1030x684.jpg' title='X copia' alt='' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/X-copia-1030x684.jpg'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='X copia'><\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='1030' height='689' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Monreale-bjs-1-1030x689.jpg' title='Monreale-bjs-1' alt='' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Monreale-bjs-1-1030x689.jpg'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='Monreale-bjs-1'><\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='1030' height='684' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0576-1030x684.jpg' title='ABSIDI' alt='ABSIDI' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0576-1030x684.jpg'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='ABSIDI'><\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='1030' height='684' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0645-2-1030x684.jpg' title='DSC_0645 2' alt='' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0645-2-1030x684.jpg'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='DSC_0645 2'><\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='684' height='1030' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0750-684x1030.jpg' title='DSC_0750' alt='La Collegiata' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0750-684x1030.jpg'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='DSC_0750'><\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='1030' height='684' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0631-1030x684.png' title='DSC_0631' alt='' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0631-1030x684.png'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='DSC_0631'><\/a><\/div><div class='av-horizontal-gallery-wrap noHover'><img class='av-horizontal-gallery-img' width='1030' height='684' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0681-1030x684.jpg' title='DSC_0681' alt='Biblioteca Torres' \/><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0681-1030x684.jpg'  class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='DSC_0681'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-huge avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_horizontal_gallery  el_before_av_codeblock   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4661'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle av-hover-grow   avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-dome\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BIG_Basilica-Monreale-1-180x180.jpg' alt='Cattedrale Monreale' title='BIG_Basilica Monreale 1'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:100px; border-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.97);' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-dome\/\">THE DOME<\/a><\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Dome of Monreale is an architectural marvel of Romanesque-Latin-Norman-Byzantine style: it is simple, majestic and severe. It shows off a great profusion of wealth, with mosaics on a gold background surrounding the internal of the Dome for more than six thousand square meters\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle av-hover-grow   avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-cloister\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/26841256_1647266391963156_3206494744895664669_o-180x180.jpg' alt='Fontana Chiostro Monreale' title='26841256_1647266391963156_3206494744895664669_o'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:100px; border-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.97);' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-cloister\/\">THE CLOISTER<\/a><\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Benedictine Cloister was part of the monastery and is one of the most important cloisters of all the Mediterranean area. It\u2019s the heart of the entire Abbey Complex and It is a wonderful example of Byzantine architecture in Sicily\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle av-hover-grow   avia-builder-el-13  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-churches-of-monreale\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0750-180x180.jpg' alt='La Collegiata' title='DSC_0750'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no   avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:100px; border-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.97);' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-churches-of-monreale\/\">THE CHURCHES<\/a><\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>At the end of the 16th century, in Monreale\u2019s neighbourhoods citizens started building many churches and chapels in order to express their religious devotion and show their charitable commitment to God, emphasizing their sense of brotherhood. Those buildings use the Baroque architectural canons\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle av-hover-grow   avia-builder-el-18  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-fountains-of-monreale\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Monreale_-_Fontana_del_Tritone_Phyrexian-180x180.jpg' alt='Fontana del Tritone' title='Monreale_-_Fontana_del_Tritone_Phyrexian'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no   avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:100px; border-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.97);' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-fountains-of-monreale\/\">THE FOUNTAINS OF MONREALE<\/a><\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Being a town built on the slopes of Mount Caputo, fountains are essential. The lower part of Monreale benefits from the water taken from the Oreto river, but at the same time has no water sources in its upper part. An archbishop in the 1700s decided to solve the problem by building an aqueduct to bring water to the homes of inhabitants of Monreale\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle av-hover-grow   avia-builder-el-23  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-neighbourhoods-of-monreale\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ciambra-180x180.jpeg' alt='Quartiere Ciambra' title='ciambra'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no   avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:100px; border-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.97);' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-neighbourhoods-of-monreale\/\">THE NEIGHBOURHOODS<\/a><\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the\u00a0<i>Historia della chiesa di Monreale<\/i>, published in 1596 by the archbishop Ludovico II Torres (written using the pseudonym of Gian Luigi Lello) , we find out that Monreale was divided into four parts. The first and most ancient, the Pozzillo, took its name from the flowing water\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle av-hover-grow   avia-builder-el-28  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-libraries-of-monreale\/' class='avia_image'  ><img class='avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0681-180x180.jpg' alt='Biblioteca Torres' title='DSC_0681'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style=' margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:30px;'  class='hr hr-custom hr-center hr-icon-no   avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner  inner-border-av-border-thin' style=' width:100px; border-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.97);' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-30  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/the-libraries-of-monreale\/\">THE LIBRARIES OF MONREALE<\/a><\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The first core of the library \u201cSanta Maria La Nuova\u201d dates back to the arrival of the monks who received many privileges from king William: among other things, the abbot was elevated to the ramk of archbishop\u00a0 and the abbey had \u201clibris et sacris vestibus argento et auro\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4661'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4661"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6053,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4661\/revisions\/6053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolocomonreale.it\/wordpressEN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}