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