Il Capo Cathedral

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Lonely Planet review

Ambitious builders, the Normans converted mosques and palaces, giving rise to the Arab-Norman style that is unique to Sicily. Chief among these is the Il Capo Cathedral , an extraordinary feast of ziggurat crenellations, majolica cupolas, geometric patterns and blind arches.

It's an impressive building that has aesthetically suffered somewhat from the many reworkings during its history (pick from Arab-Norman, Catalan-Gothic, Gothic and neoclassical); with the palms swaying in the foreground, however, the Arab influence is still strong enough to skew your compass.