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