photo gallery

photo gallery

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The senses tell the historical context

The Chapel of the Kings

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

Decorations

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

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

An architectural crescendo

The balance between architecture and light

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The senses tell the historical context

A palimpsest of history

The senses tell the historical context

Under the crosses of the Bema

The lost chapel

The decorated facade

A controversial interpretation

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

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

A building constructed in a short space of time

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Interior decorations

The senses tell baroque decoration

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

The senses tell restorations

Worship services

Roger II’s strategic design

the Baroque interior

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The senses tell the interior

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

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

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

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

The mosaics of the presbytery

The longest aisle

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

the Baroque exterior

The towers and the western facade

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

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

The Bible carved in stone

The senses tell Context 1

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The Royal Throne

The side aisles

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The Great Restoration

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

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

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

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

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

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

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

Squaring the circle

Survey of the royal tombs

The interior of the church

The chapel of St. Benedict

The cultural substrate through time

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The cemetery of kings

The senses tell the ceiling

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

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The Palace of Kings

The rediscovered palace

A space between the visible and the invisible

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

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

The Virgin Hodegetria

Palermo: the happiest city

The senses tell the flooring

The mosaics of the apses

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The architectural space

Mosaic decoration

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

Transformations over the centuries

The senses tell the architecture

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

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

A tree full of life

A remarkable ceiling

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

From earthquake to collapse

The Cathedral over the centuries

The decorations on the bell tower

The stone bible

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

The original design

A Northern population

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

The southern portico

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

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The Cassaro

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

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

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The beginning of the construction site

The mosaics of the naves

The return of water

The area of the Sanctuary

The rediscovered chapel

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

A new Cathedral

Ecclesia munita

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The Admiral’s dedication

The king’s mark

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography