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