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