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