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