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