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