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