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