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Tyndaris (Sicily, Italy)
Tyndaris was situated on a bold and lofty hill standing out as a promontory into the spacious bay of the Tyrrhenian Sea bounded by the Punta di Milazzo on the east, and the Capo Calavià on the west, and was distant according to the Itineraries 36 miles from Messana (modern Messina). It was a Greek city, and one of the latest of all the cities in Sicily that could claim a purely Greek origin, having been founded by the elder Dionysius in 396 or 395 BCE.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: Bakercake: gallery
- Location: Cefalù, Italy: gallery
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The cloister of the abbey of Monreale (Sicily, Italy)
Monks' dormitory and frater, and the splendid cloister, completed about 1200 is well preserved, and is one of the finest Italian cloisters both for size and beauty of detail now extant. It is about 16 m², with pointed arches decorated with diaper work, supported on pairs of columns in white marble, 216 in all, which were alternately plain and decorated by bands of patterns in gold and colors, made of glass tesserae, arranged either spirally or vertically from end to end of each shaft.
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The Cathedral of Monreale (Sicily, Italy)
The Cathedral of Monreale is the greatest of all the monuments of the wealth and artistic taste of the Norman kings in northern Sicily. It was begun about 1170 by William II, and in 1182 the church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, was, by a bull of Pope Lucius III, elevated to the rank of a metropolitan cathedral. The church is a national monument of Italy and one of the most important artistical attractions of Sicily.
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Let's go for a ride! (Sicily, Italy)
Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy -- to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today owned by Piaggio -- now Europe's largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles and the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer by unit sales.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: Bakercake: gallery
- Location: Cefalù, Italy: gallery
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From sea to Heaven! (Sicily, Italy)
The Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.5 million km² (965,000 sq mi), but its connection to the Atlantic (the Strait of Gibraltar) is only 14 km (9 mi) wide. In oceanography, it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea or the European Mediterranean Sea to distinguish it from mediterranean seas elsewhere.
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Cefalu (Sicilia, Italy)
Of Greek foundation, the city evidently derived its name from its situation on a lofty and precipitous rock, forming a bold headland projecting into the sea.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: Bakercake: gallery
- Location: Cefalù, Italy: gallery
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Cefalu (Sicily, Italy)
The town is one of the major tourist attractions in the region.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: Bakercake: gallery
- Location: Cefalù, Italy: gallery
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The Cathedral-Basilica of Cefalù (Sicily, Italy)
The cathedral, dating from 1131, was commenced in the Norman style, the island of Sicily having been conquered by the Normans in 1091. According to tradition, the building was erected after a vow made to the Holy Saviour by the King of Sicily, Roger II, after he escaped from a storm to land on the city's beach. The fortress-like character of the building, which, seen from a distance, rises as a huge bulk above its medieval town, may in part reflect the vulnerability of the site to attack from the sea. It also made a powerful statement of the Norman presence.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: Bakercake: gallery
- Location: Cefalù, Italy: gallery
- Tags: the of cefalu (sicily italy) cathedral-basilica
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Internet is safe in Cefalu (Sicily, Italy)
Cefalù is a city and comune in the province of Palermo, located on the northern coast of Sicily, Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea about 75 km east from the provincial capital and 185 km west of Messina.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: Bakercake: gallery
- Location: Cefalù, Italy: gallery
- Tags: in is cefalu internet (sicily italy) safe
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