Church of Martorin, Palermo: Anna Zakharova

In the Middle Ages, Sicily became a place where ancient, Byzantine, Arab and Western European cultural traditions intersected and fruitfully interacted. Created by the Normanes who arrived from the European north, the Kingdom of the Sicilian kingdom was inhabited by representatives of various peoples and faiths. In the XII century, it reached such political and economic power that it became one of the dominant forces in the Eastern Mediterranean. At this time, many magnificent palaces and churches arose in Palermo. One of them, the church of Santa Maria del Amiralo, better known as Martorina, was built by the closest associate of King Roger II (1130-1154), Admiral George Antioch. The Orthodox Greek from Antioch, it grew up in Arab North Africa, and then made a brilliant career on Sicily. The temple built by him in 1143-1151 in honor of the Virgin and in its architecture and in the interior is focused on Byzantine samples.
Following the example of King Roger II, Admiral George Min …

Author
Zakharova Anna
Editor
Zhukova Lyudmila Mikhailovna
Publisher
White City, 2018
Series
Museums of the world