Integral Blue Sicilian Ceramic Moor's Heads

History: The story of the beautiful Sicilian girl and the legend of the Moor's head.

It is said that in Palermo, around the year 1100 (period of the domination of the Moors in Sicily at the Kalsa), in the beautiful Arab quarter 'Al Hâlisah, where the sultan once stayed, in a palace lived a beautiful girl who loved to spend her days taking care of the flowers and plants on her balcony

One day, passing through the Kalsa, a young dark-haired man saw the beautiful girl, intent on taking care of the plants, he fell in love with her, he decided to want her for himself, without delay he entered the girl's house and declared his love for her. The girl, struck by so much feeling, returned the young man's love, but when she learned that the Moor would leave her to return to his lands in the East, where a wife with children was waiting for her, she waited for the darkness and as soon as it fell asleep killed him, cut off his head, made a pot of it where he planted some basil and put it on display outside on the balcony.

The dark, so, not being able to go away would always remain with her. Meanwhile, the basil grew luxuriantly and aroused the envy of all the inhabitants of the neighborhood who, not to be outdone, had terracotta pots built in the shape of a Moor's head.