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