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