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