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