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