photo gallery

photo gallery

The senses tell the ceiling

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The senses tell the interior

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

The longest aisle

The area of the Sanctuary

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

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

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

Restorations

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The Great Restoration

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

The architectural space

The senses tell Context 1

The senses tell baroque decoration

the Baroque interior

The rediscovered palace

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The senses tell the historical context

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The Cassaro

A space between the visible and the invisible

Ecclesia munita

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

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The cemetery of kings

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

An architectural crescendo

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The Admiral’s dedication

The senses tell the flooring

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The mosaics of the apses

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

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

The rediscovered chapel

A remarkable ceiling

Decorations

A Northern population

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The senses tell the historical context

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

The Palace of Kings

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

Palermo: the happiest city

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

The towers and the western facade

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The king’s mark

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

Roger II’s strategic design

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

Mosaic decoration

From earthquake to collapse

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

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The Virgin Hodegetria

the Baroque exterior

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The senses tell the architecture

The cultural substrate through time

The senses tell the historical context

The stone bible

The return of water

The original design

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The chapel of St. Benedict

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

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

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

The lost chapel

The Cathedral over the centuries

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

Transformations over the centuries

Survey of the royal tombs

The Bible carved in stone

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

A new Cathedral

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

A tree full of life

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Beyond the harmony of proportions

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

Under the crosses of the Bema

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

A controversial interpretation

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

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

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

The Royal Throne

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The decorated facade

Worship services

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

The southern portico

A palimpsest of history

The interior of the church

The decorations on the bell tower

The beginning of the construction site

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

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

A building constructed in a short space of time

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

The mosaics of the naves

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Squaring the circle

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

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

The senses tell restorations

The mosaics of the presbytery

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The balance between architecture and light

Interior decorations

The side aisles

The Chapel of the Kings