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