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