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