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