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