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