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