photo gallery

photo gallery

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The towers and the western facade

The Great Restoration

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

A space between the visible and the invisible

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The Bible carved in stone

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

The cemetery of kings

The senses tell the historical context

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

The senses tell Context 1

The Gualtiero Cathedral

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

Beyond the harmony of proportions

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

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

A tree full of life

the Baroque exterior

The longest aisle

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The southern portico

The Virgin Hodegetria

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

Interior decorations

The Admiral’s dedication

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The stone bible

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

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

Worship services

The rediscovered palace

A palimpsest of history

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The beginning of the construction site

The senses tell the architecture

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

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 original design

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

the Baroque interior

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

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

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The Cathedral over the centuries

A Northern population

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

Transformations over the centuries

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Squaring the circle

The senses tell the flooring

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

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

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

The mosaics of the naves

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

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

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

Survey of the royal tombs

The architectural space

Roger II’s strategic design

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

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The king’s mark

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

The senses tell the historical context

The side aisles

The interior of the church

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

The decorated facade

Decorations

The cultural substrate through time

The mosaics of the apses

The rediscovered chapel

The Cassaro

The Chapel of the Kings

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

The Royal Throne

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

Mosaic decoration

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

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

Ecclesia munita

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The senses tell restorations

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

Palermo: the happiest city

The senses tell baroque decoration

The mosaics of the presbytery

From earthquake to collapse

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The lost chapel

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The decorations on the bell tower

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

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

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

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

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

A new Cathedral

The Kings’ Cathedrals

A remarkable ceiling

The senses tell the ceiling

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Under the crosses of the Bema

The return of water

The Palace of Kings

The area of the Sanctuary

An architectural crescendo

The balance between architecture and light

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

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

Restorations

A controversial interpretation

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the interior

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

A building constructed in a short space of time