Editing Monreale (section)

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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Monreale 
| official_name       = Comune di Monreale
| native_name         = 
| image_skyline       = MonrealeCathedral-pjt1.jpg
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| image_caption       = Interior of Monreale Cathedral.
| image_shield        = Monreale-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          = 
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| coordinates         = {{coord|38|04|54|N|13|17|20|E|region:IT_type:city(31964)|display=inline}}
| region              = [[Sicily]]
| metropolitan_city   = [[Metropolitan City of Palermo|Palermo]] (PA)
| frazioni            =  Aquino, Borgo Fraccia, Borgo Schirò, Cicio di Monreale, Giacalone, Grisì, Monte Caputo, Pietra, Pioppo, Poggio San Francesco, San Martino delle Scale, Sirignano, Sparacia, Tagliavia, Villaciambra
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Alberto Arcidiacono
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 530.18
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total    = 39032
| population_as_of    = 31 October 2017
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Monrealesi
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 310
| twin1               = 
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| saint               = St. Castrensis
| day                 = 11 February 
| postal_code         = 90046
| area_code           = 091
| website             = http://www.monrealeduomo.it/
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Monreale''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ɒ|n|r|i|ˈ|æ|l|}}; {{IPA|it|monreˈaːle}}; [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]]: '''''Murriali'''''<ref>"Monreale" is a contraction of ''monte-reale'', "royal mountain", so-called from a palace built here by [[Roger I of Sicily]]</ref>) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Metropolitan City of Palermo]], in [[Sicily]], [[Southern Italy]]. It is located on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called ''"La Conca d'oro"'' (the Golden Shell), a production area of orange, olive and almond trees, the produce of which is exported in large quantities.<ref name=EB1911/> The town, which has a population of approximately 39,000, is about {{convert|7|km|0|abbr=off}} inland (south) of [[Palermo]], the regional capital.

Monreale forms [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monreale|its own archdiocese]] and is home to [[Monreale Cathedral]], a historical Norman-Byzantine cathedral, one of several buildings named in a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]], a group of nine inscribed as [[Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale]].