photo gallery

photo gallery

The cemetery of kings

The Royal Throne

Survey of the royal tombs

The senses tell the flooring

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The side aisles

Restorations

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

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

The mosaics of the apses

The senses tell the historical context

Worship services

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

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

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

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

A tree full of life

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The area of the Sanctuary

The Chapel of the Kings

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The decorated facade

the Baroque interior

Decorations

The decorations on the bell tower

A Northern population

The Cathedral over the centuries

The lost chapel

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

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

The mosaics of the naves

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

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

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

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

The rediscovered palace

A controversial interpretation

The senses tell the ceiling

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

the Baroque exterior

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The interior of the church

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

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The beginning of the construction site

A remarkable ceiling

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The mosaics of the presbytery

The stone bible

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

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

Under the crosses of the Bema

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The chapel of St. Benedict

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

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

Ecclesia munita

Palermo: the happiest city

The senses tell the architecture

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The Bible carved in stone

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

Squaring the circle

The return of water

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

A building constructed in a short space of time

Transformations over the centuries

The original design

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

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

The senses tell restorations

The architectural space

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

A new Cathedral

The king’s mark

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

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

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

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

The southern portico

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The longest aisle

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

The Palace of Kings

The Admiral’s dedication

Interior decorations

The senses tell baroque decoration

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

The Virgin Hodegetria

The balance between architecture and light

The towers and the western facade

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The senses tell the interior

Mosaic decoration

A palimpsest of history

An architectural crescendo

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

The cultural substrate through time

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

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

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The senses tell Context 1

The rediscovered chapel

The Kings’ Cathedrals

A space between the visible and the invisible

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

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

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

The Great Restoration

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Roger II’s strategic design

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

From earthquake to collapse

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The Cassaro