photo gallery

photo gallery

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

The mosaics of the presbytery

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

Palermo: the happiest city

A controversial interpretation

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

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

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The mosaics of the naves

The longest aisle

Interior decorations

Worship services

The mosaics of the apses

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

The Cassaro

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

A Northern population

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The senses tell restorations

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The chapel of St. Benedict

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

The Kings’ Cathedrals

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The senses tell the historical context

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The cemetery of kings

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

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

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The senses tell the historical context

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

The lost chapel

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The return of water

The senses tell the historical context

the Baroque interior

The senses tell the interior

The southern portico

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

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

Mosaic decoration

A new Cathedral

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

Squaring the circle

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

Transformations over the centuries

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

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

The decorations on the bell tower

Roger II’s strategic design

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

Decorations

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The architectural space

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

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

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

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

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The interior of the church

The senses tell the architecture

A space between the visible and the invisible

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

The Bible carved in stone

The cultural substrate through time

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

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

Under the crosses of the Bema

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The balance between architecture and light

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The rediscovered palace

Ecclesia munita

From earthquake to collapse

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The beginning of the construction site

The Royal Throne

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The king’s mark

The area of the Sanctuary

The senses tell the ceiling

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The Virgin Hodegetria

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

Beyond the harmony of proportions

the Baroque exterior

A palimpsest of history

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The senses tell Context 1

The towers and the western facade

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

The Admiral’s dedication

The Palace of Kings

The Chapel of the Kings

Survey of the royal tombs

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

The original design

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

An architectural crescendo

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

The rediscovered chapel

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The Great Restoration

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

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

A tree full of life

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The senses tell the flooring

A building constructed in a short space of time

The side aisles

A remarkable ceiling

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

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Restorations

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

The senses tell baroque decoration

The Cathedral over the centuries

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

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

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The decorated facade

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The stone bible

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral