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