3373 x 5079 px | 28,6 x 43 cm | 11,2 x 16,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
22 ottobre 2010
Ubicazione:
Otranto Puglia Italy
Altre informazioni:
The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163), by Bishop Jonathas. The Cathedral has an intricate and famous mosaic floor that depicts the tree of life. There is a rose window and side portal of 1481. The interior, a basilica with nave and two aisles, contains columns said to come from a temple of Minerva and a fine mosaic pavement of 1166, with interesting representations of the months, Old Testament subjects and others. It has a crypt supported by forty-two marble columns. The same Count Roger also founded a Basilian monastery here, which, under Abbot Nicetas, became a place of study.
