The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex
From oblivion to the recovery of memory
The stone bible
The chapel of the crucifix: an artistic casket based on a previous model
Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo
The balance between architecture and light
The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work
Survey of the royal tombs
The Royal Throne
The Virgin Hodegetria
The Kings’ Cathedrals
The towers facing the facade used as bell towers
A Northern population
The chapel of St. Benedict
The senses tell baroque decoration
The king’s mark
The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral
The chystro: a place between earth and sky
The Cathedral over the centuries
The rediscovered chapel
The beginning of the construction site
The Chapel of the Kings
The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders
The Gualtiero Cathedral
The area of the Sanctuary
The birth of the Norman kingdom
The senses tell the historical context
Tempus fugit: a strategic project implemented in a short period of time
The architectural appearance and transformations over time
The interior of the church
Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily
The Admiral’s dedication
The lost chapel
The senses tell Context 1
Transformations over the centuries
The decorations on the bell tower
The mosaics of the transept and the apses
The original design
Gold and light: the splendour of the mosaics in the Royal Chapel
The columns of the nave: the meticulous study of the overall order
Beyond the harmony of proportions
The ancient convent of the Martorana, a history of devotion and tradition
The senses tell the historical context
The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light
Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo
Roger II’s strategic design
Squaring the circle
From the Mosque to the Cathedral
Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period
The architectural envelope: the Greek cross layout oriented towards the light
The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene
A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries
An architectural crescendo
Restorations
A remarkable ceiling
The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral
The Cassaro
the roof of Paradise: one of the most representative works of medieval art
A new Cathedral
The paradisiacal “Conca d’oro” that embraces Palermo: a name with countless faces through time
The mosaics of the naves
Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace
A tree full of life
The mosaics of the apses
A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content
From earthquake to collapse
The side aisles
The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries
The beautiful Zisa and its garden: solacium regi among sounds, colours and scents
the Baroque exterior
Palermo: the happiest city
The towers and the western facade
Two initially similar towers, varied over time
The mosaics of the presbytery
The senses tell the ceiling
Mosaic decoration
The rediscovered palace
The longest aisle
The cultural substrate through time
The southern portico
The loca solatiorum: dwellings for recreation, well-being and hunting
The senses tell the architecture and decorations
The return of water
The architectural modifications ti the cathedral building after the death of Roger II and the transformations of the cloister
The Palace of Kings
From the main gate to the aisles: an invitation to a journey of faith
The plasticism of the main portico and Bonanno Pisano’s Monumental Bronze Door
The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel
The decorated facade
Decorations
The side Portico: a combination of elegance and lightness of form
The transformations of the hall through the centuries
The senses tell restorations
The senses tell the historical context
Interior decorations
The cemetery of kings
The Great Restoration
The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy
Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power
Worship services
A building constructed in a short space of time
The senses tell the interior
A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations
Under the crosses of the Bema
Artistic elements in Peter’s ship
The senses tell the architecture
A palimpsest of history
A compositional design that combines nordic examples with new artistic languages, over the centuries
The senses tell the mosaic cycle
A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety
The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon
The marble portal: an intimate dialogue between complex ornamental aspects and formal structure
Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling
The senses tell the flooring
Different styles and transformations of “one of the most beautiful monuments in the world”
The Cefalù cathedral: a construction yard undergoing a change between a surge of faith and control over the territory
Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God
The architectural space
Ecclesia munita
Thirteenth-century iconography decorates the nave’s wooden ceiling, designed with new solutions
the Baroque interior
A controversial interpretation
Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses
The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout
The Norman conquest of Sicily and the birth of a new Latin kingdom
Biblical themes enlivened by the dazzling light of the stained – glass windows overlooking the naves
A space between the visible and the invisible
The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography
Criteria for the inclusion of Palermo Arab-Norman and the Cefalù and Monreale Cathedrals in the WHL
Cefalù: settlement evidence through time
The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history
The Bible carved in stone
The links between the hauteville family and the monastic orders in Sicily
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
