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