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