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