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