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