See also:CEFALU (anc. Cephaloedium)
, a seaport and episcopal see of the See also:province of See also:Palermo, See also:Sicily, 42 M
.
E. of Palermo by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1901) 13,273
.
The See also:ancient See also:town (of Sicel origin, probably, despite its See also:Greek name) takes its name from the headland (ice4aXij, See also:head) upon which it stood (1233 ft.); its fortifications extended to the See also:shore, on the See also:side where the See also:modern town now is, in the See also:form of two See also:long walls protecting the See also:port
.
There are remains of a See also:wall of massive rectangular blocks of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone at the
modern Porta See also:Garibaldi on the See also:south
.
It does not appear in See also:history before 396 B.C., and seems to have owed its importance mainly to its naturally strong position
.
The only ancient remains on the See also:mountain are those of a small See also:building in See also:good polygonal See also:work (a See also:style of construction very rare in Sicily), consisting of a passage on each side of which a chamber opens
.
The doorways are of finely-cut stone, and of Greek type, and the date, though uncertain, cannot, from the careful jointing of the blocks, be very See also:early
.
On the See also:summit of the promontory are extensive remains of a Saracenic See also:castle
.
The new town was founded at the See also:foot of the mountain, by the shore, by See also:Roger II. in 1131, and the See also:cathedral was begun in the same See also:year
.
The exterior is well preserved, and is largely decorated with interlacing pointed See also:arches; the windows also are pointed
.
On each side of the See also:facade is a massive See also:tower of four storeys
.
The See also:round-headed See also:Norman portal is worthy of See also:note
.
The interior was restored in 1559, though the pointed arches of the See also:nave, See also:borne by ancient See also:granite columns, are still visible: and the only mosaics preserved are those of the See also:apse and the last See also:bay of the See also:choir: they are remarkably See also:fine specimens of the See also:art of the See also:period (1148) and, though restored in 1859-1862, have suffered much less than those at Palermo and See also:Monreale from the See also:process
.
The figure of the Saviour is especially fine
.
Thegroinedvaulting of the roof is visible in the choir and the right See also:transept, while. the See also:rest of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church has a wooden roof
.
Fine cloisters, coeval with the cathedral, adjoin it
.
(See G
.
Hubbard in See also:Journal of the R.I.B.A. xv
.
333 sqq., 1908.) The See also:harbour is comparatively small
.
(T
.
As.)
CEHEGfIN, a town of south-eastern See also:Spain, in the province of See also:Murcia, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Caravaca, a small tributary of the See also:Segura
.
Pop
.
(1900) 11,6o1
.
Cehegin has a thriving See also:trade in See also:farm produce, especially See also:wine, See also:olive oil and See also:hemp; and various kinds of See also:marble are obtained from quarries near the town
.
Some of the older houses, however, as well as the See also:parish church and the See also:convent of See also:San Francisco, which still has well-defined See also:Roman See also:inscriptions on its walls, are built of stone from the ruins of Begastri, a Roman See also:colony which stood on a small adjacent See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill known as the Cabecico de Roenas
.
The name Cehegin is sometimes connected by See also:Spanish antiquaries with that of the See also:Zenaga, Senhaja or Senajeh, a See also:North See also:African tribe, which invaded Spain in the 11th See also:century
.
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