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