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