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