Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti
All photos unless otherwise stated: Per-Erik Skramstad © Wondersofsicily.com
The church San Giovanni degli Eremiti was built by Roger II in 1132–48. It is now deconsecrated.
The campanile and the five red domes of San Giovanni degli Eremiti. The church was built by Roger II in 1132–48, now deconsecrated. The Norman Palace can be seen in the background. The cloister (13th century) has twin columns bearing pointed arches like the cloister in Monreale.
San Giovanni degli Eremiti.
A cat inspects the cloister garden.
A romantic couple sits between the columns in the cloister garden of San Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo.
San Giovanni degli Eremiti.
Lavender plant in the cloister garden at San Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo.
The cloister at San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Palermo.
Inscription on the wall at San Giovanni degli Eremiti.
A medieval fresco of the Madonna enthroned between the apostle San Giovanni (Saint John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved”) and San Giacomo the Hermit (Saint James).
Fragments of inscriptions and decorative elements on the wall.
The south wall of the Norman church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti was erected using the north wall of the enclosure of an Islamic building containing the ‘Arab Hall’, a rectangular hall that was also used in construction during the Norman era, interrupted on its shorter side by the transept of the church. (Source: Pier Paolo Racioppi "Remains of an Islamic building in the complex of the church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers.)
The beautiful cloister garden (13th century) at San Giovanni degli Eremiti.
Twin columns in the cloister garden at San Giovanni degli Eremiti.
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A column.
Monstera deliciosa (?) in the cloister garden at San Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo. The luxurious garden is filled with exotic plants.
The cloister at San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Palermo.
The cloister at San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Palermo.
The cloister at San Giovanni degli Eremiti with the Norman Palace in the background.
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