6 days in Sicily-09/24 - 09/29/2017
Day 3-Cefalu -09/26/2017
The cathedral is in the back |
Small alley/street. |
This medieval town has maintained its original old look and ambiance and nowadays attracts thousands of tourists every year.
I can imagine how crowded it must be in the summer..We lucked out, we had pretty the whole town to ourselves.
We walked by a small and interesting museum called the Mandralisca. It contains one of Antonello da Messina's most famous painting, the portrait of an unknown man from 1470, a collection of ancient coins, Greek terracotta's, including a vase from the 4th century BC.
The entrance of the Museum. |
Ancient Greek terracotta vase on display in the main window |
Display from the main window.
Porta Pescara archway makes a nice frame for a wonderfully photogenic shots of Cefalu town's beach
This is the old port and old town
Beautiful view...
Nice beach... not many tourists around this time of the year.
Look at all the empty beach chairs...
Straight ahead is the town of Cefalu
The old town
Church of Santa Maria Dell'ltria and San Giovanni
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The church was closed when
we got there so we could not get in.
Overlooking at the sea the complex was initially formed by two adjacent churches: the church of San Giovanni Evangelista that was probably dated from the 15th century and the church of Santa Maria dell'Oditria short for dell"Itria which was only a chapel dedicated to San Michele the Archangel. The chapel was donated to the bishop Ottaviono Preconio and then both properties were merged in 1961 into a unique parish called dell'Itria e di San Giovanni.
This is the terrace of the church
Check out the Rocca mountain on the back.
This is court yard of the church over looking the sea.
An urn in the middle of the court yard. |
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An excellent accordion player sitting at the corner of the court yard.
Minh enjoyed his performance and gave him 5 euros. Needless to stay he was grinning from ear to ear.
Beautiful coastline
Cefalu lighthouse.
We are back at the main beach on the promenade taking a rest and watching the sun set.
Cefalù is notable for beautiful sunsets and we are so glad to be here...
Next...Dinner in Catania