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