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