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