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