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