Key facts
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic Church
- Province
- Archdiocese of Palermo
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Cathedral
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Palermo , Italy
- Type
- Church
- Style
- Norman , Islamic , Gothic , Baroque , Neoclassical
- Completed
- completed in the Middle Ages but with subsequent additions until the eighteenth century
- Criteria
- ii, iv
- Designated
- 2015 (39th session )
- State party
- Italy
- Region
- Europe and North America
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Encyclopedic overview
Façade as viewed from main courtyardPalermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palermo Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.