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