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