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