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