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