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