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