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