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