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