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