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