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