photo gallery

photo gallery

The beginning of the construction site

The chapel of St. Benedict

The links between the hauteville family and the monastic orders in Sicily

The senses tell the historical context

The columns of the nave: the meticulous study of the overall order

The cemetery of kings

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

the Baroque exterior

The chapel of the crucifix: an artistic casket based on a previous model

The cultural substrate through time

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The architectural space

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The Royal Throne

The architectural modifications ti the cathedral building after the death of Roger II and the transformations of the cloister

The Norman conquest of Sicily and the birth of a new Latin kingdom

The Admiral’s dedication

The Bible carved in stone

A tree full of life

The senses tell baroque decoration

The Great Restoration

The Cassaro

The decorations on the bell tower

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The decorated facade

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

From the main gate to the aisles: an invitation to a journey of faith

The senses tell the architecture

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The area of the Sanctuary

The side Portico: a combination of elegance and lightness of form

The senses tell the flooring

the roof of Paradise: one of the most representative works of medieval art

The senses tell Context 1

The ancient convent of the Martorana, a history of devotion and tradition

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

A building constructed in a short space of time

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The loca solatiorum: dwellings for recreation, well-being and hunting

A Northern population

The lost chapel

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The senses tell the interior

The balance between architecture and light

The stone bible

Palermo: the happiest city

The mosaics of the presbytery

The original design

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

Ecclesia munita

The Virgin Hodegetria

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

A controversial interpretation

The side aisles

A palimpsest of history

Restorations

The interior of the church

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

Mosaic decoration

From earthquake to collapse

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

Tempus fugit: a strategic project implemented in a short period of time

A remarkable ceiling

An architectural crescendo

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The longest aisle

Worship services

The senses tell the historical context

The Chapel of the Kings

Gold and light: the splendour of the mosaics in the Royal Chapel

A new Cathedral

Squaring the circle

The beautiful Zisa and its garden: solacium regi among sounds, colours and scents

The plasticism of the main portico and Bonanno Pisano’s Monumental Bronze Door

Survey of the royal tombs

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

The mosaics of the apses

The return of water

Under the crosses of the Bema

the Baroque interior

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The mosaics of the naves

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The birth of the Norman kingdom

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Cathedral over the centuries

The southern portico

The Palace of Kings

The senses tell restorations

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The senses tell the historical context

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The architectural envelope: the Greek cross layout oriented towards the light

Transformations over the centuries

The rediscovered palace

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

Thirteenth-century iconography decorates the nave’s wooden ceiling, designed with new solutions

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The paradisiacal “Conca d’oro” that embraces Palermo: a name with countless faces through time

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

Decorations

The rediscovered chapel

A compositional design that combines nordic examples with new artistic languages, over the centuries

The king’s mark

Biblical themes enlivened by the dazzling light of the stained – glass windows overlooking the naves

The Cefalù cathedral: a construction yard undergoing a change between a surge of faith and control over the territory

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Different styles and transformations of “one of the most beautiful monuments in the world”

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

Interior decorations

The senses tell the ceiling

Criteria for the inclusion of Palermo Arab-Norman and the Cefalù and Monreale Cathedrals in the WHL

A space between the visible and the invisible

Roger II’s strategic design

The marble portal: an intimate dialogue between complex ornamental aspects and formal structure

The towers and the western facade