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