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