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