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