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