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The one thing worth the port day in Palermo is Monreale Cathedral and its cloister. This hilltop Arab-Norman masterpiece, 20 to 30 minutes uphill from the cruise berth, contains the largest and most complete cycle of Byzantine gold mosaics in Italy — more than 6,000 square meters of shimmering narrative that culminates in a colossal Christ Pantocrator dominating the apse. It is a UNESCO site that routinely earns the description “one of the greatest medieval interiors on earth,” and it pairs n...

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