Cappella della Santissima Trinità alla Zisa - Palermo

The Church of the Santissima Trinità alla Zisa, also known as the Palatine Chapel of the Zisa , is a Norman-era building built on the ruins of the dining hall of a Byzantine monastery and converted into a mosque for a while during Arab rule.

With William I of Sicily, known as Malo, it officially became a place of Christian worship, as well as a private chapel of the sovereign's residence.

In 1399, the Baron of Ciminna Giovanni Guglielmo Ventimiglia named the small church after Sant'Anna, where his family was settled.
The building has a dome similar to that of the most famous church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti or San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi, which rests on an internal octagonal drum composed of alternating windows and niches with one lancet, connected to the walls by " muqarnas”.

In the eighteenth century, the Church of Gesù, Maria and Santo Stefano was built next to the chapel, the facade of which borders the apse of the pre-existing building.

Willem Vandenameele