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