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