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