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