The famous Portrait of an Unknown Sailor (also called Portrait of a Man), besides being an extraordinary work by Antonello da Messina dating back to the 15th century, is a wonderful puzzle in the [...]
Visiting the Fortress of Cefalù, you can see the remains of an ancient Norman castle. But before this place became a military outpost with a defensive function, what was the Fortress hiding? Even [...]
Cefalù is not only sea, Cefalù is a village full of charm, folklore, celebrations and festivals! July and August are considered the ideal months to enjoy the beauty and history of Cefalù, but in [...]
What is the Fruottola in Cefalù? It is not a lie, as the term “frottola” is often understood, nor a “musical poetry”, as literary critics would rush to tell us. Imagine [...]
Every year Cefalù honors the Santissimo Salvatore by celebrating one of the oldest and most evocative Liturgies of the Transfiguration. On August 2nd all the ancient devotion is concentrated in [...]
The so-called “‘ntinna a mari” is one of the most ancient Sicilian traditions and competitions (its origin probably dates back to the first sailing ships) celebrated every year [...]
The geology of the Madonie is a marvelous puzzle that has fascinated scholars from all over the world for centuries. We are not only talking about “cold” scientific investigations: [...]
It was the Phoenicians who named the area of today’s Cefalù (whose first settlements undoubtedly date back to prehistoric times) with a term perhaps “borrowed” from Aramaic: [...]
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