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