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