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