Monreale

Italy / Sizilien / Altofonte /

Town overlooking Palermo, famous for its main church, featuring a huge byzantine mosaic of Christ, and the Benedictine Abbey of San Martino delle Scale, in the eponymous hamlet. In the Islamic domination of Sicily, there was instead a modest agrarian town named "Balhara".
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Coordinates:   38°4'49"N   13°17'16"E
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