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