PalermoCefalà Diana.
It was founded, with a licentia populandi granted
in 1684, around a castle of possibly Arab origin.
It was a strategic centre of major importance. The
name of the village Kefalath would appear to be
derived from the shape of the great rock on which
the castle stands.
A few walls and a good part of the battlemented
tower remain of this possibly Muslim castle. Its
position made it one of the most important defensive
points in Sicily. It has a splendid allround panorama.
Nearby, about 6 km from the fork for Bolognetta
and near the turn-off for Baucina, there is a building
of exceptional interest and beauty: the Baths of
Cefalà. Probably dating from Muslim times
(according to Michele Amari), these baths would
appear to be the only building still surviving intact
from that age. Along the extemal perimeter are traces
of an inscription in Kufic characters. Inside the
building, in an ample room with high sandstone barrel
ceilings, there is triple bath for ablutions. A
tribelon, three arches supported by elegant columns,
marks off the area where the spring used to flow.