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