photo gallery

photo gallery

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

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

A remarkable ceiling

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

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

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

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

Ecclesia munita

The senses tell Context 1

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The Bible carved in stone

A Northern population

The Palace of Kings

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

Transformations over the centuries

Mosaic decoration

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

An architectural crescendo

The senses tell restorations

The Cathedral over the centuries

The Great Restoration

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

the Baroque interior

The decorations on the bell tower

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

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

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

The area of the Sanctuary

The beginning of the construction site

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

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

The Royal Throne

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

The architectural space

The Kings’ Cathedrals

Survey of the royal tombs

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The southern portico

A tree full of life

The senses tell the ceiling

A controversial interpretation

The stone bible

The towers and the western facade

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the interior

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

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

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The senses tell the flooring

A new Cathedral

The mosaics of the naves

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

The senses tell baroque decoration

The senses tell the architecture

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

Restorations

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

Roger II’s strategic design

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The chapel of St. Benedict

The senses tell the historical context

The side aisles

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

From earthquake to collapse

The king’s mark

The balance between architecture and light

The original design

The interior of the church

The rediscovered chapel

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

A space between the visible and the invisible

The decorated facade

A building constructed in a short space of time

The longest aisle

Palermo: the happiest city

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

Worship services

Decorations

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

The Cassaro

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

Interior decorations

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The return of water

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

The mosaics of the apses

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The cemetery of kings

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

A palimpsest of history

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

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

The mosaics of the presbytery

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

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The rediscovered palace

Under the crosses of the Bema

The Chapel of the Kings

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The Virgin Hodegetria

The Admiral’s dedication

the Baroque exterior

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Squaring the circle

Beyond the harmony of proportions

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

The cultural substrate through time

The lost chapel

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