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