Italy · Restored
Palazzo dei Normanni
The Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace of Palermo) is a large royal residence in Palermo, Sicily, built and expanded from the Arab, Norman and later Spanish periods. It served as the seat of the Norman kings of Sicily and later viceroys; today it houses the Sicilian Regional Assembly. The complex includes the 12th-century Cappella Palatina and a mixture of fortified Norman elements and later Aragonese/Spanish additions.
Its prime
1600
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1600
The shape it held in its prime.
A massive multi-wing palace rising above the city’s tiled roofs, combining a tall, crenellated Norman block with a long, plastered Aragonese/Spanish wing. The Norman façade features vertical blind arches and circular oculi, pale sandstone and rendered wall surfaces; the longer wing has regularly spaced rectangular windows, small balconies and terracotta roof tiles. Two domed structures puncture the roofline; the whole complex stands on an elevated site above streets and gardens with palm trees below, complete and inhabited.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1600.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Palazzo dei Normanni — including 5 interiors: cappella palatina (palatine chapel), sala normanna (norman hall), hercules hall (bourbon-decorated interior) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Palazzo dei Normanni with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1600 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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