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