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