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