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