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