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