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God's Garden - Cloister of Cefalù Cathedral
by Carlo Trabia
The recently-restored cloister garden courtyard of CefalùCathedral is the greatest in Sicily after Monreale's, even if only half of it remains standing to lift its voice to Heaven.
Cefalù's cathedral is stylistically similar Saint Etienne in Normandy, featuring early Gothic accents in a solid Romanesque structure whose long, narrow nave externally is more aesthetic than Monreale's - especially when viewed from the rocky mountain next to it. The story of the church's foundation by Roger II following his shipwreck along Cefalù's coast during a storm in 1131 may well be imparted with legend, but the date is correct.
The cathedral is not quite "Romanesque Gothic," an Italian style that reached its fullness during the next century. The cloister itself is, with Monreale's, one of the two largest in Sicily.
Source: Best of Sicily dot com
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