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