Friday, May 18, 2007

Cefalu, Fishing Village, Resort, Sicily

Cefalu, Sicily, waterfront

Cefalu.

Taking the coast road back to Palermo, from the Mt. Etna region. Fishing village, beautiful cathedral, resort.




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Cefalu, coastal view, Sicily








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Cefalu, Sicily, rock cliff




See www.bestofsicily.com/cefalu; and fortogden.com/sicily-slide-7. Pre-Greek settlements, Greek and Phoenician and Roman populations. Then Muslim, then in 11th Century, the Normans took it. See www.regione.sicilia.it/turismo/web_turismo/sicilia/uk/localita/storia.asp?id=208.

Here is the Cathedral-

Cefalu Cathedral, Sicily

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