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