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Remains of a Muslim building in the church of San Giovanni delle Remiti
(بقايا مبنى إسلامي في كنسية القديس جوفاني ديلي إريميتي)

Title	Remains of a Muslim building in the church of San Giovanni delle Remiti
Title Original	بقايا مبنى إسلامي في كنسية القديس جوفاني ديلي إريميتي
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;it;Mon01;6;ar
Library Location	Palermo, Italy
Notes	In building the southern section of the Norman church (the Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti), he benefited from an existing wall, which is the northern wall of the Arab-Islamic hall. It is a rectangular hall that was of great importance, and one of the two width sides was cut to expand the church. The Islamic building was composed of three sections: the rectangular hall (the Arab Hall), the portico, and the surrounding wall. Parts of the structure of the southern wall of the church remain from it (the Arab Hall). As for its measurements, it is (17.76 m It was divided longitudinally into two porticoes divided by five columns and forming square sections, with twelve arches supported by them, distributed among the square sections (six on each side). Each square section contained a window with an arch through which light entered. Today, this Arab hall is covered by three large intersecting arches and was built in 905 / 1500.
Sample Text	Pier Paolo Racioppi “Remains of an Islamic building in the church of San Giovanni delle Eremiti” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;it;Mon01;6;ar

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Remains of a Muslim building in the church of San Giovanni delle Remiti

(بقايا مبنى إسلامي في كنسية القديس جوفاني ديلي إريميتي)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;it;Mon01;6;ar

Library Location Palermo, Italy

Notes In building the southern section of the Norman church (the Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti), he benefited from an existing wall, which is the northern wall of the Arab-Islamic hall. It is a rectangular hall that was of great importance, and one of the two width sides was cut to expand the church. The Islamic building was composed of three sections: the rectangular hall (the Arab Hall), the portico, and the surrounding wall. Parts of the structure of the southern wall of the church remain from it (the Arab Hall). As for its measurements, it is (17.76 m It was divided longitudinally into two porticoes divided by five columns and forming square sections, with twelve arches supported by them, distributed among the square sections (six on each side). Each square section contained a window with an arch through which light entered. Today, this Arab hall is covered by three large intersecting arches and was built in 905 / 1500.

Sample Text Pier Paolo Racioppi “Remains of an Islamic building in the church of San Giovanni delle Eremiti” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;it;Mon01;6;ar