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