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Topographical drawing of La Cuba, Palermo, Sicily

RIBA Ref No RIBA97880
Artist/PhotographerVulliamy, George John (1817-1886)
CountryItaly
CityPalermo
Subject Date1842
Image Date1842
ViewExterior
StyleRomanesque
MediumDrawing
Library ReferenceVOS/212 f.73 (2)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectRuins ; Garden buildings
NOTES: This drawing is from an album of measured and topographical drawings of buildings in Germany, Italy, Greece and Egypt entitled 'Architectural Sketches' made by George Vulliamy on his travels. La Cuba (or Palazzo della Cuba) is a recreation pavilion created, along with an artificial lake, in 1180 for William II. Many of the decorative features were created by the Arab artists living in Palermo. It is now a shell - the roof with central dome had already disappeared when Vulliamy sketched the building.
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