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