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