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