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