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