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