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