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