3D print the Palazzo dei Normanni
A free, printable model of the Palazzo dei Normanni, a palace with open courtyards, a tower and small domes, beside park paths and the streets of Palermo, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Palazzo dei Normanni
The Palazzo dei Normanni, meaning Palace of the Normans, is also known as the Royal Palace of Palermo, and it stands in Palermo, Sicily. It housed the Kings of Sicily of the Hauteville dynasty and later became the chief seat of power for Sicily's rulers. It is Europe's oldest royal residence. It was the private home of the Kingdom of Sicily's rulers, and Frederick II and Conrad IV used it as an imperial seat. The Sicilian Regional Assembly has had its seat there since 1946.
The palace occupies the city's highest point, over a Punic structure found in 1984 under the Duke of Montalto Halls. Under Arab rule, the first core of the building appeared between the rivers Kemonia and Papireto, with defenses typical of fortresses. After the Norman conquest of 1072, the Normans put up a castle that served as royal residence and administrative hub. Roger II of Altavilla was crowned the first Norman king of Sicily, and in 1130 the Palatine Chapel was built, an emblem of Norman culture and faith. Four towers marked the palace's core, which also held workshops and textile laboratories.
After a decline under the Angevins and the Aragonese, the palace was revived in the late 16th century under the Spanish viceroys, who added the Maqueda Courtyard (1600) and the Fountain Courtyard (1584). Inside is the Cappella Palatina, the best illustration of Sicily's 12th-century Norman–Arab–Byzantine style. Most of the palace was rebuilt or added to in Aragonese times, though some of Roger's work remains, especially the Sala Normanna hall.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 14 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 18 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 23 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Arches and a tower
- Rows of small arches line the facades, and a tower with arched openings rises over the entrance. Print friendly adapts these small details to the print scale; Full detail keeps them, best on a larger print with 0.12–0.16 mm layers.
- Open interior courtyards
- Several courtyards sit open to the sky inside the walls. A larger print size keeps their arcades readable.
- One piece with the ground
- The Palazzo dei Normanni is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Palazzo dei Normanni takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Palazzo dei Normanni is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Palazzo dei Normanni STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Palazzo dei Normanni grows with the print: about 14 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
