FRIDAY 23 AND SATURDAY 24 JULY EVENING VISIT OF THE MONUMENTAL COMPLEX OF THE CATHEDRAL AND THE DIOCESAN MUSEUM
Friday and Saturday we are waiting for you from 20.00 to 00.00 (last admission 23.30) to make the evening visit of the Monumental Complex of the Cathedral and the Diocesan Museum Palermo reopened to visitors for two weeks.
The vast area of the Monumental Complex of the Cathedral includes Roofs, Royal Tombs, Crypt, Apses, Treasury, Undergrounds and Chapel of the Beneficiaries.
The visit of the roofs allows you to look at the city of Palermo from above with its landscape and monumental treasures, and to discover the artistic and architectural elements of the external walls of the Cathedral.
In the monumental area you can admire and discover: the treasure with the crown of Constance of Aragon, wife of Frederick II; the crypt, where the tombs of the Archbishops of Palermo are kept; the royal tombs with the mortal remains of the emperors Frederick II, of the parents Henry VI and Costanza D’Altavilla, of his wife Costanza D’Aragona and of his grandfather Ruggero II, founder of the Kingdom of Sicily; the basement and the Chapel of the Beneficials.
The visit to the Diocesan Museum is divided into 27 rooms on the three levels of the front of via Matteo Bonello of the Archbishop’s Palace, adjacent to the Cathedral, exhibiting about 300 works including paintings, sculptures and decorative arts from the twelfth to the nineteenth century.
Tickets can be purchased on the day of the visit at the Cathedral ticket office, or online on the website https://www.ticket-shop-cattedraledipalermo.it.
Tickets purchased online can be used on any opening day of the Monumental Area, they do not expire until they are used.
NO RESERVATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE VISIT
It is not allowed for heart patients, those suffering from claustrophobia, dizziness, psychophysical disabilities and anxiety attacks; in addition, comfortable shoes are recommended.
In case of bad weather conditions, the visit will be postponed.
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