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