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