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