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The Spell of Sicily; The Garden of the Mediterranean

Will Seymour Monroe

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... have been founded by King Hiram of Tyre. Its most distinguished son was Aristoxenos, of whom Epicharmus has left us a eulogy. Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily was first settled by the Sikans; later occupied by the Sikels; and during the period of Phoenician supremacy it was an important mart. Its settlement by the Greeks dates from the year 648 B. c., when Zankle planted a colony here. It is located at the base of a rocky headland that juts into the sea. A building still stands on the slope of the hill the walls of which show the methods of building peculiar to the primeval Sikels. The town is dominated by a castello which dates from the Saracenic period. The battlemented-wall that encircles the huge rock, however, dates from several periods, and the oldest portions may go back to the time of the Phoenicians. The so-called temple of Diana probably belongs to the later Roman period and the cistern of the same name to the Saracenic period. On the summit there are the remains of a Norman castle that commands one of the finest views in Sicily. The Norman cathedral at Cefalu, elsewhere described, is one of the two finest buildings of its period in Sicily; and the superb mosaic of the colossal half-length figure of Christ is a better piece of work than its counterpart at Monreale. The figure of Mary with four archangels and those of the prophets and the saints is thought to have been the work of Greek artists. Cefalu is to-day a town of thirteen thousand inhabitants, thrifty and dirty, and literally infested with beggars. Milazzo, the ancient Mylae, was a colony founded by Zankle in 716 B. C. It is identified as the spot where Ulysses killed the cattle of Apollo. Some of the greatest battles of Sicilian history were fought in the neighbourhood of Mylae. Here Hie...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Spell of Sicily; The Garden of the Mediterranean. To get started finding The Spell of Sicily; The Garden of the Mediterranean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1150410450

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... have been founded by King Hiram of Tyre. Its most distinguished son was Aristoxenos, of whom Epicharmus has left us a eulogy. Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily was first settled by the Sikans; later occupied by the Sikels; and during the period of Phoenician supremacy it was an important mart. Its settlement by the Greeks dates from the year 648 B. c., when Zankle planted a colony here. It is located at the base of a rocky headland that juts into the sea. A building still stands on the slope of the hill the walls of which show the methods of building peculiar to the primeval Sikels. The town is dominated by a castello which dates from the Saracenic period. The battlemented-wall that encircles the huge rock, however, dates from several periods, and the oldest portions may go back to the time of the Phoenicians. The so-called temple of Diana probably belongs to the later Roman period and the cistern of the same name to the Saracenic period. On the summit there are the remains of a Norman castle that commands one of the finest views in Sicily. The Norman cathedral at Cefalu, elsewhere described, is one of the two finest buildings of its period in Sicily; and the superb mosaic of the colossal half-length figure of Christ is a better piece of work than its counterpart at Monreale. The figure of Mary with four archangels and those of the prophets and the saints is thought to have been the work of Greek artists. Cefalu is to-day a town of thirteen thousand inhabitants, thrifty and dirty, and literally infested with beggars. Milazzo, the ancient Mylae, was a colony founded by Zankle in 716 B. C. It is identified as the spot where Ulysses killed the cattle of Apollo. Some of the greatest battles of Sicilian history were fought in the neighbourhood of Mylae. Here Hie...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Spell of Sicily; The Garden of the Mediterranean. To get started finding The Spell of Sicily; The Garden of the Mediterranean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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