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