photo gallery

photo gallery

The mosaics of the presbytery

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

A tree full of life

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

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

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

Squaring the circle

Ecclesia munita

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

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

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

The Chapel of the Kings

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

The Royal Throne

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

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

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

The senses tell the historical context

The senses tell the historical context

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Mosaic decoration

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

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

The lost chapel

The senses tell the flooring

The decorations on the bell tower

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

Decorations

The architectural space

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

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

The Admiral’s dedication

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

Under the crosses of the Bema

The Great Restoration

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

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

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

From earthquake to collapse

The longest aisle

The king’s mark

the Baroque exterior

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

Palermo: the happiest city

The senses tell restorations

Transformations over the centuries

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

A controversial interpretation

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

The mosaics of the apses

The mosaics of the naves

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

The cultural substrate through time

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

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The chapel of St. Benedict

The senses tell the historical context

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

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

Survey of the royal tombs

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The cemetery of kings

The return of water

The senses tell the interior

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

The original design

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

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

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

The senses tell baroque decoration

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

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

A palimpsest of history

The side aisles

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

Roger II’s strategic design

The Cathedral over the centuries

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The rediscovered chapel

The balance between architecture and light

The Bible carved in stone

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

A new Cathedral

The senses tell Context 1

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The senses tell the ceiling

The decorated facade

Beyond the harmony of proportions

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

The rediscovered palace

A remarkable ceiling

The birth of the Norman kingdom

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

The Palace of Kings

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

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

The Cassaro

A Northern population

Interior decorations

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

An architectural crescendo

The interior of the church

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

The towers and the western facade

the Baroque interior

The beginning of the construction site

A space between the visible and the invisible

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

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

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

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

The Kings’ Cathedrals

Worship services

A building constructed in a short space of time

The Virgin Hodegetria

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

The area of the Sanctuary

Restorations

The stone bible

The senses tell the architecture

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

The southern portico

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

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

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God