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