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