Giovanna Melandri, the President of the Maxxi Foundation in Rome, visits the Palatine Chapel
“Here the memory of a multicultural past; inspiration and stimulus for the new generations “. Palermo June 16th, 2018. In Palermo for the inauguration of the Manifesta 12 biennial of contemporary art, Giovanna Melandri visited the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace. The former Minister for Cultural Heritage in the D’Alema Governments has not missed […]
The journalist Roberto d’Agostino visits the Palatine Chapel
“Social networks make your face come out of anonymity, put you on the map and make you feel unique and at the same time part of a community, the protagonist of an event, a situation, a story. The diary of life in public. A way of writing down the passage of things and emotions. I […]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art visits the Palatine Chapel and the exhibition “Sicilië, Pittura Fiamminga” (“Sicilië, Flemish painting”)
The museum staff is in Palermo for the inauguration of Manifesta 12; an excellent opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful churches in the world. Palermo, June 14th , 2018. This morning the director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Timothy Rub; the director of the Collections and Exhibitions area, Alice Beamesderfer; the curator […]
A group of youths involved in civil service at the Pio La Torre Center, has visited the Palatine Chapel
Palermo, may 29th 2018.This morning a group of young people involved in the civil service for the “Pio La Torre Center” were welcomed into the Royal Palace to visit the Palatine Chapel and the exhibition, set up in the Duke of Montalto Halls, “Sicilië, Pittura Fiamminga” (“Sicilië, Flemish painting”). To welcome them and guide them, […]
Instagram and Cultural Heritage: “Empty Palatine Chapel”
The wonders of the Palatine Chapel go around the world thanks to the event promoted and organized by the Federico II Foundation and Igers Palermo. Seventy instagrammers with thousands of followers have photographed it completely empty. A few hashtags were enough and in a few minutes the images of the Palatine Chapel have gone around […]
Sicily, the Grand Tour
Many well-known travellers have portrayed Sicily to the whole world offering their own gaze over the island. While travelling around the island, they had to face several difficulties to discover landscapes painted by nature and to reread what antiquity and art had established in monuments of immense value. In their words, Sicily was the […]