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