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