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