CEFALA'
DIANA
Inhabited
since 1755, when the Duke Diana received the jus populandi, Cefalà
Diana is especially renowned for its Turkish Baths, the only example
of this kind in Sicily, dating from the 10th century. In town, it
is well-worth making a stop at the ruins of the 1200’s castle,
consisting of a solid square tower and fragments of the outer walls.
The castle originates from a defensive outpost along the way from
Palermo to Agrigento. In the following centuries it was first used
as a grain depot until, in the 18th century, it became a noble residence.
In the main piazza there is a group of interesting expressive bronze
sculptures by a contemporary artist from Corleone, Biagio Governali:
the panels of the Door of Miracles of San Francesco di Paola; the
War Memorial and Monument to the Emigrants, which is so highly dramatic.
The
Baths – Situated just over 1km north of town, by
the Cefalù river, within their graciously restored complex.
The exact date of the baths is still under question although it
is certainly pre-1570. The outer buildings probably served to accommodate
people afflicted by aches and pains who came to bathe in the hot
sulphurous springs to relieve their rheumatism. The brick building
has a rectangular plan and consists of a large room enclosed by
a fine barrel vault, in the floor of which are three pools –
although at one time there was but a larger one. The first section
is separated from the elevated rear portion of the room by an elegant
screen consisting of an arcade of three raised or Moorish-style
arches supported on slender marble columns, terracotta capitals
and dosserets (high block, inserted above the abacus). Beyond the
screen is another, smaller pool where the hot water bubbling out
from the ground was collected before being channelled into the large
pool. The vault is punctuated with ventilation holes, while the
walls have niches which might have been used by bathers for their
discarded clothes.
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