Description
The Cathedral Treasury of Palermo is the collection of jewels, silverware and vestments displayed in the rooms of the Canons' Sacristy, inside the cathedral. It is worth the visit above all for one object: an empress's crown, found in her tomb.
It is the tiara of Constance of Aragon, first wife of Frederick II, taken from her tomb: a masterpiece of medieval goldsmithing with enamels, embroidery, gems and pearls. Around it are vestments from the 16th to the 18th century, altar frontals, monstrances and chalices.
Also worth seeing are a 15th-century Catalan Gothic reliquary, the reliquary of Saint Agatha's arm and a 13th-century ivory casket. At the entrance stands the statue of Saint Rosalia by Bartolomeo Travaglia, from 1638.
The Canons' Sacristy also leads to the crypt, which holds 23 sarcophagi from different periods, including that of Archbishop Giovanni Paternò, with a lid by Antonello Gagini.
It is the tiara of Constance of Aragon, first wife of Frederick II, taken from her tomb: a masterpiece of medieval goldsmithing with enamels, embroidery, gems and pearls. Around it are vestments from the 16th to the 18th century, altar frontals, monstrances and chalices.
Also worth seeing are a 15th-century Catalan Gothic reliquary, the reliquary of Saint Agatha's arm and a 13th-century ivory casket. At the entrance stands the statue of Saint Rosalia by Bartolomeo Travaglia, from 1638.
The Canons' Sacristy also leads to the crypt, which holds 23 sarcophagi from different periods, including that of Archbishop Giovanni Paternò, with a lid by Antonello Gagini.