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