photo gallery

photo gallery

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

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The mosaics of the naves

The balance between architecture and light

Interior decorations

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The beginning of the construction site

The king’s mark

The southern portico

The original design

The Admiral’s dedication

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The architectural space

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

the Baroque interior

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The rediscovered palace

A new Cathedral

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

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

The Cathedral over the centuries

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The decorated facade

Under the crosses of the Bema

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

A building constructed in a short space of time

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

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The mosaics of the presbytery

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

The senses tell the historical context

A remarkable ceiling

From earthquake to collapse

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

The senses tell the architecture

A tree full of life

The stone bible

The return of water

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

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The senses tell restorations

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The senses tell the historical context

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

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

Restorations

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

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

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

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

Survey of the royal tombs

The Virgin Hodegetria

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

A controversial interpretation

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

Beyond the harmony of proportions

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

The Great Restoration

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

The senses tell the flooring

The lost chapel

The side aisles

The Chapel of the Kings

The cemetery of kings

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

Worship services

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The towers and the western facade

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

Ecclesia munita

The senses tell the interior

The rediscovered chapel

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

Transformations over the centuries

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

Decorations

The Palace of Kings

A Northern population

A palimpsest of history

The interior of the church

The chapel of St. Benedict

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The cultural substrate through time

A space between the visible and the invisible

Palermo: the happiest city

The area of the Sanctuary

Mosaic decoration

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

Squaring the circle

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The Cassaro

The longest aisle

The senses tell baroque decoration

The Bible carved in stone

the Baroque exterior

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

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

Roger II’s strategic design

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

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

The Royal Throne

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

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

The senses tell Context 1

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The senses tell the historical context

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

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The senses tell the ceiling

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

An architectural crescendo

The mosaics of the apses

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

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The decorations on the bell tower

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God