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