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