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