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