photo gallery

photo gallery

Under the crosses of the Bema

The architectural space

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

The Admiral’s dedication

The Gualtiero Cathedral

A new Cathedral

The longest aisle

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

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

A tree full of life

The senses tell baroque decoration

The towers and the western facade

The return of water

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Mosaic decoration

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The senses tell the historical context

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

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The rediscovered palace

Transformations over the centuries

A building constructed in a short space of time

The balance between architecture and light

The mosaics of the apses

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The senses tell the flooring

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The beginning of the construction site

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

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

A Northern population

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the historical context

The chapel of St. Benedict

The lost chapel

A controversial interpretation

The decorated facade

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The area of the Sanctuary

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

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

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

the Baroque exterior

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

Roger II’s strategic design

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

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

the Baroque interior

Survey of the royal tombs

The stone bible

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

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The Chapel of the Kings

A remarkable ceiling

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

The mosaics of the naves

The Royal Throne

The original design

Interior decorations

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

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

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

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The interior of the church

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Restorations

The senses tell Context 1

The senses tell the ceiling

The Virgin Hodegetria

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

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

The Great Restoration

The cultural substrate through time

The Bible carved in stone

A palimpsest of history

The rediscovered chapel

The Cathedral over the centuries

The decorations on the bell tower

The king’s mark

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

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

An architectural crescendo

Decorations

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

Squaring the circle

Ecclesia munita

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The Palace of Kings

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

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

The senses tell the interior

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

The senses tell the architecture

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

The mosaics of the presbytery

The southern portico

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

The birth of the Norman kingdom

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

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

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The Cassaro

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

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

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The senses tell restorations

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

From earthquake to collapse

The cemetery of kings

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

Worship services

A space between the visible and the invisible

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

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

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

Palermo: the happiest city

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The side aisles