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