photo gallery

photo gallery

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The towers and the western facade

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The original design

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The king’s mark

The stone bible

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

the Baroque exterior

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

Under the crosses of the Bema

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

The beginning of the construction site

A building constructed in a short space of time

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

An architectural crescendo

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The cemetery of kings

The Great Restoration

The mosaics of the presbytery

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The interior of the church

The senses tell the architecture

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The rediscovered palace

Mosaic decoration

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

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

The Virgin Hodegetria

The cultural substrate through time

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The Gualtiero Cathedral

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

Restorations

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

The return of water

The decorated facade

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The longest aisle

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

A Northern population

The senses tell restorations

Decorations

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The mosaics of the apses

A space between the visible and the invisible

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

The side aisles

The senses tell the flooring

The senses tell the historical context

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Squaring the circle

The southern portico

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

A new Cathedral

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

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

Roger II’s strategic design

A palimpsest of history

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

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

The chapel of St. Benedict

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

The Royal Throne

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The senses tell baroque decoration

The decorations on the bell tower

The Cassaro

The mosaics of the naves

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

The senses tell the historical context

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

The lost chapel

The senses tell the ceiling

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

Survey of the royal tombs

The senses tell Context 1

The senses tell the historical context

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The architectural space

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

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

The Palace of Kings

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

Palermo: the happiest city

The senses tell the interior

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

The Admiral’s dedication

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The rediscovered chapel

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

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The Bible carved in stone

Ecclesia munita

A tree full of life

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

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

The balance between architecture and light

A remarkable ceiling

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

The Cathedral over the centuries

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

A controversial interpretation

The area of the Sanctuary

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

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

the Baroque interior

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

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

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

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

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

Transformations over the centuries

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

Interior decorations

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

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

Worship services

The Chapel of the Kings

From earthquake to collapse

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

Beyond the harmony of proportions