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