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