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