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