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