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