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