photo gallery

photo gallery

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

Decorations

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The Chapel of the Kings

The mosaics of the apses

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

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

Under the crosses of the Bema

the Baroque interior

A tree full of life

Roger II’s strategic design

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The balance between architecture and light

A building constructed in a short space of time

Mosaic decoration

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

The senses tell restorations

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

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

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

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

The Admiral’s dedication

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

A remarkable ceiling

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

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

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The rediscovered palace

The Royal Throne

The Cassaro

The interior of the church

Worship services

The architectural space

Interior decorations

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The southern portico

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The senses tell the historical context

Transformations over the centuries

The Cathedral over the centuries

The king’s mark

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The cemetery of kings

The senses tell the interior

The side aisles

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

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The stone bible

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

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The Palace of Kings

The beginning of the construction site

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The senses tell the historical context

Squaring the circle

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

A palimpsest of history

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

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The decorated facade

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

The mosaics of the naves

A controversial interpretation

The towers and the western facade

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The longest aisle

The senses tell the historical context

Ecclesia munita

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

From earthquake to collapse

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

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

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The area of the Sanctuary

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

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

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Palermo: the happiest city

The chapel of St. Benedict

An architectural crescendo

the Baroque exterior

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

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

The senses tell Context 1

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The senses tell baroque decoration

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

Survey of the royal tombs

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

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

The decorations on the bell tower

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

The cultural substrate through time

The senses tell the flooring

The return of water

The Great Restoration

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The rediscovered chapel

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

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

Restorations

The mosaics of the presbytery

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The lost chapel

The original design

A space between the visible and the invisible

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

A Northern population

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

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

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

The senses tell the ceiling

The Bible carved in stone

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

The senses tell the architecture

The Virgin Hodegetria

The Gualtiero Cathedral

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

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

A new Cathedral