Cefalù
Cefalù is a fishing village and popular beach resort on the north coast of Sicily, Italy. Cefalù is one of the most important seaside towns in region with history dating back during the Greek period in Sicily.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 13,900 residents
- Description: Italian comune
- Also known as: “Cefalu” and “Cefalu‘”
- Postal code: 90015
- Neighbors: Castelbuono and Pollina
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cefalù Cathedral and Museo Mandralisca.
Cefalù Cathedral
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of Cefalù is a Roman Catholic basilica in Cefalù, Sicily. It is one of nine structures included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sant’Ambrogio and Gibilmanna.
Sant’Ambrogio
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sant’Ambrogio is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Cefalù.
Gibilmanna
Hamlet
Gibilmanna is a village in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Southern Italy. It has a recorded population of just 11 people. The Sanctuary of Gibilmanna is located in the village. Gibilmanna is situated 5 km south of Cefalù.
Cefalù
- Categories: commune of Italy and locality
- Location: Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.035° or 38° 2′ 6″ northLongitude
14.0245° or 14° 1′ 28″ eastPopulation
13,900Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)United Nations Location Code
IT CFUOpen location code
8FCP22MF+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 67256494OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Cefalù” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشفالو”
- Arabic: “تشيفالو”
- Basque: “Cefalu”
- Basque: “Cefalù”
- Breton: “Cefalù”
- Bulgarian: “Чефалу”
- Catalan: “Cafalòdion”
- Catalan: “Cefalu”
- Catalan: “Cefalú”
- Catalan: “Cefalù”
- Catalan: “Cephaloedium”
- Catalan: “Kephaloidion”
- Cebuano: “Cefalù”
- Chechen: “Чефалу”
- Chinese: “Cefalù”
- Chinese: “切法卢”
- Chinese: “切法盧”
- Corsican: “Cifalù”
- Cree: “Cefalù”
- Croatian: “Cefalú”
- Croatian: “Cefalù”
- Czech: “Cefalù”
- Danish: “Cefalù”
- Dutch: “Cefalu”
- Dutch: “Cefalù”
- Esperanto: “Cefalu”
- Esperanto: “Cefalù”
- Finnish: “Cefalù”
- French: “Cefalu”
- French: “Cefalù”
- German: “Cefalu”
- German: “Cefalù”
- Greek: “Τσεφαλού”
- Hebrew: “צ’פלו”
- Hungarian: “Cefalù”
- Indonesian: “Cefalu”
- Indonesian: “Cefalù”
- Interlingua: “Cefalù”
- Irish: “Cefalù”
- Italian: “Cefalù”
- Japanese: “チェファル”
- Japanese: “チェファルー”
- Korean: “체팔루”
- Kurdish: “Cefalù”
- Ladin: “Cefalù”
- Latin: “Cephaloedis”
- Latin: “Cephaloedium”
- Latvian: “Čefalu”
- Lithuanian: “Cefalas”
- Lithuanian: “Čefalu”
- Lombard: “Cefalù”
- Macedonian: “Чефалу”
- Malay: “Cefalù”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cefalù”
- Neapolitan: “Cefalù”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cefalù”
- Norwegian: “Cefalù”
- Persian: “چفالو”
- Piemontese: “Cefalù”
- Polish: “Cefalu”
- Polish: “Cefalù”
- Portuguese: “Cefalù”
- Romanian: “Cefalù”
- Russian: “Чефалу”
- Sardinian: “Cefalù”
- Serbian: “Чефалу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cefalù, Palermo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cefalù”
- Sicilian: “Cefalù”
- Sicilian: “Cifalù”
- Slovak: “Cefalù”
- Slovenian: “Cefalu”
- Slovenian: “Cefalù”
- South Azerbaijani: “چفالو”
- Spanish: “Cefalu”
- Spanish: “Cefalú”
- Spanish: “Cefalù”
- Swedish: “Cefalu”
- Swedish: “Cefalù”
- Tagalog: “Cefalù”
- Tatar: “Чефалу”
- Turkish: “Cefalù”
- Ukrainian: “Чефалу”
- Venetian: “Cefalù”
- Vlaams: “Cefalù”
- Volapük: “Cefalù”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cefalù”
- Western Frisian: “Cefalù”
- “Cefalù”
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