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