photo gallery

photo gallery

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

The senses tell Context 1

The Chapel of the Kings

The senses tell the flooring

Roger II’s strategic design

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

Transformations over the centuries

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

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

The mosaics of the naves

A tree full of life

The cultural substrate through time

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The towers and the western facade

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

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

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

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

The rediscovered palace

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The senses tell the historical context

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The Royal Throne

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

Squaring the circle

The senses tell the ceiling

The mosaics of the apses

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

the Baroque interior

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The Cassaro

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The interior of the church

the Baroque exterior

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Ecclesia munita

The decorations on the bell tower

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

A palimpsest of history

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

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

Mosaic decoration

The lost chapel

The longest aisle

The balance between architecture and light

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

An architectural crescendo

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

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The original design

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

Palermo: the happiest city

The chapel of St. Benedict

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The senses tell the architecture

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

A space between the visible and the invisible

A building constructed in a short space of time

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

The Bible carved in stone

Under the crosses of the Bema

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

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

The mosaics of the presbytery

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

A new Cathedral

Decorations

The senses tell the historical context

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

The area of the Sanctuary

The beginning of the construction site

The return of water

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

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

The southern portico

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

The king’s mark

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

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

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

Restorations

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

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

A remarkable ceiling

Survey of the royal tombs

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

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

The stone bible

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

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

From earthquake to collapse

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The senses tell the interior

The Virgin Hodegetria

The senses tell baroque decoration

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

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

The architectural space

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

The Cathedral over the centuries

A controversial interpretation

The side aisles

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

Worship services

The senses tell the historical context

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

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

The senses tell restorations

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The cemetery of kings

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The decorated facade

Interior decorations

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The Palace of Kings

A Northern population

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The Admiral’s dedication

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The Great Restoration

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The rediscovered chapel