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