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