The new town was founded at the foot of the mountain, by the shore, by Roger II of Sicily in 1131, and the cathedral was begun in the same year in a style of Norman architecture which would be more accurately called Sicilian Romanesque.
The new town was founded at the foot of the mountain by Roger II of Sicily in 1131. This was by the shore. The cathedral was begun in the same year in a style of Norman architecture. This same year in a style of Norman architecture would be more accurately called Sicilian Romanesque.