Palatine Chapel and Royal Palace
Palermo, Italy
The Palatine Chapel brings together golden mosaics, carved decoration and a remarkable wooden ceiling within Palermo’s Royal Palace. Its significance lies in the meeting of artistic traditions as much as in the richness of individual surfaces. Take time to look upwards and across the room rather than treating it as a single photo stop. The palace remains an institutional building, and restoration work can affect access, so plan this visit around the operator’s current notices and the areas included in your ticket.