Cappella della Santissima Trinità alla Zisa
Santissima Trinità alla Zisa is a Norman church building in Palermo north of the Zisa .
history
The building is probably older than the Zisa itself (second half of the 12th century) and is possibly based on a refectory of a Byzantine monastery , which was converted into a mosque during the Arab rule . When Wilhelm I decided to build a pleasure palace on the neighboring site, the mosque became a chapel.
When Guglielmo Ventimiglia administered the Zisa as Seneschal , he renamed the chapel Santa Anna , as this saint was the patron saint of the Ventimiglia family . In 1803 the church Chiesa di Gesù, Maria e Santo Stefano was built directly next to the existing building , which, in contrast to the Santissima Trinità, has the apse in the more common eastward orientation. The existing parts of the building were rededicated as the sacristy .
architecture
The building has a single nave with an apse facing the street towards the west. One tower is missing. A dome similar to the one on San Giovanni degli Eremiti or San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi is placed over the western part of the building . The dome is connected to the building via simple muqarnas .
Web links
http://www.palermoweb.com/didattica/apreleporte03/siti/Cappella%20SS%20Trinit%C3%A0/
Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 2.8 ″ N , 13 ° 20 ′ 27.8 ″ E