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