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Thirteenth-century iconography decorates the nave’s wooden ceiling, designed with new solutions

The senses tell Context 1

The senses tell the mosaic cycle

The senses tell the external architecture and the original layout

The mosaic cycle, an ascending path towards the light

The decorations on the bell tower

The loca solatiorum: dwellings for recreation, well-being and hunting

A cloister of accentuated stylistic variety

The architectural appearance and transformations over time

The Kings’ Cathedrals

Restorations

The senses tell the ceiling

The Great Restoration

A chapel by an unknown designer based on repeated symmetries

The dialogue between the architectures of the monumental complex

Cefalù: settlement evidence through time

The senses tell the historical context

Shapes and colours of the wooden ceiling

From oblivion to the recovery of memory

The rediscovered palace

The cemetery of kings

The architectural space

Criteria for the inclusion of Palermo Arab-Norman and the Cefalù and Monreale Cathedrals in the WHL

A building constructed in a short space of time

A remarkable ceiling

The senses tell the architecture

The rediscovered chapel

From the main gate to the aisles: an invitation to a journey of faith

From the Mosque to the Cathedral

The Chapel of the Kings

The architectural envelope: the Greek cross layout oriented towards the light

The columns of the nave: the meticulous study of the overall order

The ancient convent of the Martorana, a history of devotion and tradition

Under the crosses of the Bema

The opus sectile floor of the Palatine Chapel

Survey of the royal tombs

Two initially similar towers, varied over time

Interior decorations

The area of the Sanctuary

The medieval city amidst monasticism and feudal aristocracy

the Baroque interior

The beginning of the construction site

The mosaics of the apses

The senses tell the flooring

The liturgical spaces of the protesis and the diaconicon

Mosaic decoration

The construction of Monreale Cathedral: between myth and history

A polysemy of high-level artistic forms and content

Roger II’s strategic design

The cultural substrate through time

The chapel of St. Benedict

Roger II of hauteville: a sovereign protected by God

Gold and light: the splendour of the mosaics in the Royal Chapel

Decorations

The lost chapel

The mosaics of the presbytery

The balance between architecture and light

The senses tell the architecture and decorations

A Northern population

Different styles and transformations of “one of the most beautiful monuments in the world”

A space between the visible and the invisible

The interior of the church

The plasticism of the main portico and Bonanno Pisano’s Monumental Bronze Door

The side aisles

Artistic elements in Peter’s ship

The senses tell baroque decoration

A mixture of styles pervades the floor decorations

The beautiful Zisa and its garden: solacium regi among sounds, colours and scents

The senses tell the historical context

A tree full of life

Beyond the harmony of proportions

Intertwining of knowledge in Norman Palermo

A compositional design that combines nordic examples with new artistic languages, over the centuries

Palermo: the happiest city

Norman religious architecture with islamic influences in Sicily

The mosaics of the naves

The senses tell restorations

The chorus: beating heart of the cathedral

The southern portico

The Bible carved in stone

The chapel of the crucifix: an artistic casket based on a previous model

Transformations over the centuries

The senses tell the Zisa over the centuries

Layers of different cultures decorate the external apses

The senses tell the historical context

Saint Peter’s Chapel in the Royal Palace

An architectural crescendo

A new Cathedral

The birth of the Norman kingdom

Ecclesia munita

The Norman conquest of Sicily and the birth of a new Latin kingdom

The Admiral’s dedication

Tempus fugit: a strategic project implemented in a short period of time

The Royal Throne

Biblical themes enlivened by the dazzling light of the stained – glass windows overlooking the naves

Gardens and architecture as a backdrop to the city of Palermo

The chystro: a place between earth and sky

The Gualtiero Cathedral

The return of water

The senses tell the interior

A palimpsest of history

The Virgin Hodegetria

From earthquake to collapse

Characteristics of religious architecture in the romanesque period

the roof of Paradise: one of the most representative works of medieval art

The Cefalù cathedral: a construction yard undergoing a change between a surge of faith and control over the territory

The transformations of the hall through the centuries

The towers and the western facade

The longest aisle

The original design

The king’s mark

The Palace of Kings

The decorated facade

the Baroque exterior

The Great Presbytery: a unique space for the cathedral

The chapel of san Castrense: an important renaissance work

The stone bible

The marble portal: an intimate dialogue between complex ornamental aspects and formal structure

Porphyry sarcophagi: royalty and power

The towers facing the facade used as bell towers

The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The flooring: shapes, motifs and iconography

Squaring the circle

Worship services

The side Portico: a combination of elegance and lightness of form

The Genoard Park, the garden of pleasures and wonders

The mosaics of the transept and the apses

The Cassaro

The architectural modifications ti the cathedral building after the death of Roger II and the transformations of the cloister

The paradisiacal “Conca d’oro” that embraces Palermo: a name with countless faces through time

The links between the hauteville family and the monastic orders in Sicily

A controversial interpretation

The Cathedral over the centuries