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