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