A Norman cathedral under a great rock, on the Sicilian coast. Legend says Roger II vowed to build it after surviving a storm; begun in 1131, its twin towers and fortress-like front rise against the crag, La Rocca, that looms over the little town. Inside, the half-dome of the apse holds a colossal Byzantine mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, his face grave and human, among the greatest of all medieval mosaics. Below, fishermen's houses crowd to the sea. Cefalù is Arab-Norman Sicily in miniature, and the Christ in gold is worth the journey by itself.
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