photo gallery

photo gallery

Beyond the harmony of proportions

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The king’s mark

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The interior of the church

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The senses tell the interior

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

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

Decorations

Mosaic decoration

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

Restorations

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

The stone bible

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

A tree full of life

The Great Restoration

The senses tell Context 1

The towers and the western facade

The chapel of St. Benedict

The balance between architecture and light

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

Worship services

The rediscovered chapel

The senses tell the historical context

A remarkable ceiling

The side aisles

A palimpsest of history

The Chapel of the Kings

The area of the Sanctuary

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The mosaics of the apses

A Northern population

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The longest aisle

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

The senses tell the flooring

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

The return of water

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

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

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

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

The decorated facade

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

The Admiral’s dedication

A new Cathedral

The lost chapel

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

A building constructed in a short space of time

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

The senses tell restorations

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The senses tell the ceiling

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

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

A space between the visible and the invisible

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

The senses tell the historical context

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

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

The original design

The mosaics of the naves

From earthquake to collapse

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

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

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

Interior decorations

Palermo: the happiest city

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

The cemetery of kings

The senses tell the historical context

The mosaics of the presbytery

The decorations on the bell tower

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

The cultural substrate through time

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

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

An architectural crescendo

The architectural space

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

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

The Kings’ Cathedrals

The Cathedral over the centuries

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

The beginning of the construction site

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

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

A controversial interpretation

The southern portico

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

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

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

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The senses tell the architecture

Ecclesia munita

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

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

The Bible carved in stone

The Royal Throne

the Baroque exterior

Under the crosses of the Bema

the Baroque interior

The birth of the Norman kingdom

The Virgin Hodegetria

The Palace of Kings

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

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

The Cassaro

Survey of the royal tombs

Transformations over the centuries

The rediscovered palace

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

Roger II’s strategic design

The senses tell baroque decoration

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

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

Squaring the circle

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex