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