News of the construction of the Cefalù Cathedral must have reached all the lands of the Norman kingdom rather quickly. As was the case for the construction of all great cathedrals, stone masters, builders, master masons and axe masters came from all over and, together with their families, flooded ...

In every corner of the Temple, we bear witness to an intimate dialogue between religion and architecture pervaded by alternating colours that blend together, giving only an apparent sense of homogeneity. The stained-glass windows made in the early 1990s by the Palermo artist [approfondimenti id="51...

[caption id="attachment_40374" align="aligncenter" width="666"] The painted panels of the Cefalù Cathedral ceiling, arranged in horizontal axes, are 30cm high and 110m long. Traces of gold leaf, also found in the Palatine Chapel (iconographic similarities have also been found between Cefalù and th...

In the side aisles, there are some [approfondimenti id="51180" testo_link="funerary monuments"] and [approfondimenti id="51182" testo_link="sculptural groups"] that embellished the church in the centuries following its construction. [caption id="attachment_40343" align="aligncenter" width="768"] In...

In the Baroque and Neoclassical periods, many Italian Romanesque churches were affected by stylistic transformations, which were also carried out in important Sicilian religious buildings such as the [approfondimenti id="51178" testo_link="cathedrals of Palermo and Catania"]. These changes also inv...

A place of experimentation in the late Romanesque age, closely linked to the monumental buildings of the great European churches, the Cefalù Cathedral draws a definitive [approfondimenti id="51159" testo_link="dividing line"] between the earliest phase of the architecture in Norman Sicily. Entering...

The main façade, rising to the west, is enclosed between two imposing square towers with a pyramid-shaped apex. They are a reminder of its original function as [approfondimenti id="51056" testo_link="Ecclesia Munita"], a fortress church, with a series of multi-level walkways, now uncovered, built w...

The ancient portal, dating back to the second half of the 12th century, is still a fine example of architecture today, although time has compromised the sculptural work by master stone carvers from the Romanesque period. It became part of that vast programme of furnishings aimed at embellishing the ...

Even to this day, when we look at the Cathedral of Cefalù, we can see the gradual architectural transformations forged over time, compared to the original site of Roger, unlike the plan of the building that has remained almost completely unchanged. It displays a subtle dialogue with the [approfondi...

The life of the Cathedral is also narrated through frescoes preserved within the walls of functional places, such as the towers, which are not always used to exalt beauty. The infiltration of rainwater, starting in the first two decades of the 13th century, inside the massive architectural structur...