Eglise de la Martorana

The Chiesa di Santa Catarina d'Alessandria is 1 of many, many churches in Palermo. This one dates to the 14th century and included a convent and monastery. The church has been renovated a number of times, yet still retains much of the original decoration.
A few of the other churches will appear in other posts.
The 1st 2 pictures are in the church. The 1st is the nave and the 2nd is a closer look at the chancel.
The 3rd is the office if the abbess. The 4th is that one of the choir rooms. The grating in the rear overlooks the church.
The last picture looks down into the cloister. Of particular interest is in the far corner where there is a sweet shop that uses the ancient recipes the nuns we're famous for I neglected to get a picture because I think I was paying too much attention to the sweets, especially the canolis. BTW, it was delicious.Read more