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