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