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