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