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Mosaic Floor of Otranto Cathedral

Mosaic Floor of Otranto Cathedral

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Location: Otranto, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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Eberhard

June 6, 2025

The floor mosaic – in the center, the Tree of Life (beginning with elephants, cats, Adam and Eve, ...,

until you reach God) and in the left aisle – the Tree of Knowledge with the decider for heaven or hell – is very worth seeing.

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MichaelMueller

July 11, 2019

Great Bible book from the 12th century.

Definitely worth seeing.

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Miodrag Knežević

September 15, 2021

A large mosaic (10 million Tessera) from the 12th century with an area of 57 × 28 m = 1596 m² is located all over the floor of the building. The artist was a monk named Pantaleon from the monastery of San Nicola di Casole. In his home monastery of San Nicola di Casole, he was considered to be someone who understood how to interpret Greek and Nordic myths and how to give artistic form to their mysterious relationships with Christian stories and parables. In total, over 700 individual “stories” are interwoven in this mosaic. Among them is a depiction of King Arthur, a legendary figure from the late 9th century who was settled literarily in Britain and has come down to us in court literature of the 12th century (source: Wikipedia).

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Location: Otranto, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Mosaic Floor of Otranto Cathedral

1. Otranto Beach – Otranto Castle Walls loop from Otranto

2. Aragonese Castle of Otranto – Otranto Castle Walls loop from Otranto

3. Bauxite Lake of Otranto – Sentiero Orte Coastal Views loop from Otranto

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