photo gallery

photo gallery

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

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

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

Worship services

The senses tell the interior

The cemetery of kings

The senses tell the architecture

The cultural substrate through time

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

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

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The Chapel of the Kings

The Great Restoration

The Cathedral over the centuries

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

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

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The senses tell restorations

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

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

A palimpsest of history

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

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

A new Cathedral

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The Palace of Kings

Restorations

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

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

From earthquake to collapse

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

Decorations

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

The Admiral’s dedication

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The longest aisle

Beyond the harmony of proportions

the Baroque interior

The senses tell the flooring

The area of the Sanctuary

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Mosaic decoration

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The mosaics of the apses

The return of water

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

A building constructed in a short space of time

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The Virgin Hodegetria

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The rediscovered palace

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

A remarkable ceiling

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The senses tell the historical context

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The rediscovered chapel

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

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The Bible carved in stone

The southern portico

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

Under the crosses of the Bema

The mosaics of the presbytery

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The beginning of the construction site

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Royal Throne

A Northern population

The mosaics of the naves

The architectural space

The side aisles

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

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

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

the Baroque exterior

Transformations over the centuries

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The decorated facade

The senses tell Context 1

The senses tell the historical context

Palermo: the happiest city

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The king’s mark

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

Squaring the circle

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

The interior of the church

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The senses tell the historical context

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

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

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

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

The senses tell baroque decoration

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

The lost chapel

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

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

The Cassaro

The decorations on the bell tower

Survey of the royal tombs

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

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

The stone bible

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

An architectural crescendo

A controversial interpretation

The original design

The senses tell the ceiling

The towers and the western facade

A space between the visible and the invisible

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Roger II’s strategic design

A tree full of life

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The chapel of St. Benedict

The balance between architecture and light

Ecclesia munita

Interior decorations