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