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