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