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