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Cephaledo
Cefalù
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Cephaledo is Cephaloedium, now Cefalù, whose Greek name refers to the great headland of rock above the town. Rome took it in 254 BC during the First Punic War, and Cicero later accused the governor Verres of plundering it. On the rock stand the so-called Temple of Diana, a structure of pre-Greek origin, and remains of ancient walls; below, the town had a small but safe harbour.