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