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