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