photo gallery

photo gallery

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

Beyond the harmony of proportions

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

The decorated facade

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The senses tell the historical context

The cemetery of kings

The chapel of St. Benedict

The mosaics of the presbytery

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

The senses tell baroque decoration

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

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

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The Great Restoration

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

A new Cathedral

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The mosaics of the apses

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

The beginning of the construction site

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The interior of the church

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

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The Cassaro

The Palace of Kings

A remarkable ceiling

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

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The cultural substrate through time

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

The balance between architecture and light

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

A Northern population

The lost chapel

The senses tell Context 1

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

Palermo: the happiest city

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

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

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

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

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The longest aisle

Interior decorations

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

The architectural space

The towers and the western facade

The side aisles

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 Baroque interior

The original design

The Cathedral over the centuries

The senses tell restorations

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

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

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

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

A building constructed in a short space of time

the Baroque exterior

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

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The king’s mark

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

Transformations over the centuries

The senses tell the historical context

A space between the visible and the invisible

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

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

Decorations

The senses tell the ceiling

An architectural crescendo

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

A palimpsest of history

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

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

From earthquake to collapse

Under the crosses of the Bema

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

A tree full of life

The rediscovered chapel

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The senses tell the flooring

Roger II’s strategic design

The decorations on the bell tower

The Bible carved in stone

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

The southern portico

The senses tell the interior

Squaring the circle

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

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

The mosaics of the naves

The senses tell the historical context

The rediscovered palace

The stone bible

A controversial interpretation

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

The senses tell the architecture

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

Mosaic decoration

The Gualtiero Cathedral

Worship services

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The area of the Sanctuary

The Chapel of the Kings

The Kings’ Cathedrals

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The birth of the Norman kingdom

Survey of the royal tombs

Ecclesia munita

The Royal Throne

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

Restorations

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The Virgin Hodegetria

The return of water

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The Admiral’s dedication