photo gallery

photo gallery

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The original design

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

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

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

Interior decorations

The senses tell the ceiling

Palermo: the happiest city

The architectural space

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

The senses tell the flooring

the Baroque interior

the Baroque exterior

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

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The senses tell baroque decoration

The king’s mark

The beginning of the construction site

The cultural substrate through time

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

A remarkable ceiling

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

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The Kings’ Cathedrals

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

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

An architectural crescendo

The Royal Throne

The Cassaro

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The rediscovered chapel

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

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

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The decorated facade

Transformations over the centuries

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

From earthquake to collapse

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The Bible carved in stone

The Cathedral over the centuries

A Northern population

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The Great Restoration

The senses tell the interior

The mosaics of the presbytery

The senses tell the architecture

The rediscovered palace

The return of water

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

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

The senses tell the historical context

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The Virgin Hodegetria

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

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

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

Under the crosses of the Bema

The cemetery of kings

The lost chapel

A building constructed in a short space of time

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

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

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

A palimpsest of history

The interior of the church

The stone bible

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The side aisles

The mosaics of the apses

The towers and the western facade

The senses tell the historical context

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

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

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

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

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

The Gualtiero Cathedral

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

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

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

Squaring the circle

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

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The senses tell restorations

The senses tell the historical context

The area of the Sanctuary

The chapel of St. Benedict

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The southern portico

The balance between architecture and light

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

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The decorations on the bell tower

A space between the visible and the invisible

Survey of the royal tombs

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

Decorations

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

Roger II’s strategic design

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

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

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The senses tell Context 1

The Admiral’s dedication

Mosaic decoration

Restorations

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

A new Cathedral

The longest aisle

The Chapel of the Kings

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

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

A controversial interpretation

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

The Palace of Kings

Worship services

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

Ecclesia munita

A tree full of life

The mosaics of the naves