The climate of political, social and cultural renewal that had distinguished the reign of the Hauteville family was interrupted, at the end of the monarchy, by disagreements between Emperor [approfondimenti id="51014" testo_link="Frederick of Swabia"] and the Church of Cefalù. This caused a slowdow...

The particular position of Cefalù, situated on the most important passes between the [approfondimenti id="50529" testo_link="Val di Mazara and the Val Demone"], as well as being a decisive transit area for the Madonie and Nebrodi valleys, became the basis on which the sovereign began the rebuilding...

We must go back in time, to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., to go back to the original city. It was a fortress surrounded by the expanse of the sea and enclosed within powerful walls placed on top of a rock, which still marks the perimeter of what was a military outpost, known as [approfondimenti id...