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