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