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