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