Moro's heads in Taormina, Sicily - stock photo

Taormina, Italy - August 28, 2016: Teste di Moro are ceramic faces for which Sicily is famous for, and these are located on an apartment balcony in the centre of Taormina. Legend suggests an Italian princess fell for a Moroccan prince, a Moor. However, when she pressed him to marry her, he got cold feet and said he had to return home to his wife and children. Incensed, the princess beheaded her lover and used his head as a herb pot.
Taormina, Italy - August 28, 2016: Teste di Moro are ceramic faces for which Sicily is famous for, and these are located on an apartment balcony in the centre of Taormina. Legend suggests an Italian princess fell for a Moroccan prince, a Moor. However, when she pressed him to marry her, he got cold feet and said he had to return home to his wife and children. Incensed, the princess beheaded her lover and used his head as a herb pot.
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