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