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