Cathedral. Cefalu. Italy Audiobook (Free)

The audioguide tells the storyplot, represents the architecture and presents interesting facts about the cathedral of Cefalù, recognized as a UNESCO heritage site. From the first reference to Cefalù we realize it was a historical seaside village, located on the western coast of Sicily. The place name derives in the Greek word thatfalè, this means mind, as the fortress, on whose slopes the town rises, offers this form. The protagonists from the city’s background had been the Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Byzantines and about Cathedral. Cefalu. Italy Normans. Because of the Normans of the Altavilla dynasty, present here since the 12th century, and the Byzantine masters, the most representative cathedral in the region, dedicated to the Savior, was built here.

The imposing dimensions from the cathedral give us a concept of Ruggero’s great political project. The fulcrum of the complete Duomo are the marvelous mosaics, that definitely have the best preservation status in Sicily. They cover an area of 650 square meters; The different styles concur that they were understood in different occasions. Ruggero wanted the presence of Byzantine experts, known as by Constantinople for the adornment of the apse and the combination, while those of the walls would be made after the loss of life from the sovereign, finally achieved in 1170. During the construction from the cathedral, burial materials was used, an extremely common practice in the Middle Ages, partly due to the affordable of these materials and partly because of their symbolic significance: this mortgage was considered as some sort of continuity between recent, present and potential.

You can examine the 3D style of the chapel and observe its interior through the MuByz App. The audioguide has been made by specialists in the field of history and artwork.