Favignana

Favignana is the largest of the , set 30 minutes by ferry from off the west coast of Sicily. Part of the vast Egadi Marine Reserve, it’s known for its crystal-clear waters and rich marine life — from silvery shoals of fish to the occasional sea turtle or dolphin.
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  • Type: Village with 4,510 residents
  • Description: Italian comune
  • Also known as: “081009”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tonnara di Favignana and Castello Santa Caterina.

Museum
Photo: Antonino.furnari, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tonnara of Favignana, officially known as the Ex Stabilimento Florio delle tonnare di Favignana e Formica, is a historic tuna fishery located on the island of Favignana, which is part of the off the west coast of , .

Castle
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle.

Islet
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is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Levanzo.

Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the smallest and most tranquil of the , floating just a short ferry ride from . With no real roads, few cars, and a village that feels unchanged in decades, is where time slows down.

Favignana

Latitude
37.9314° or 37° 55′ 53″ north
Longitude
12.3274° or 12° 19′ 39″ east
Population
4,510
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8F9JW8JG+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67257327
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6539113
Wiki­data ID
Q216799
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Favignana” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Favignana”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الراهب”
  • Arabic: “فافينيانا”
  • Armenian: “Ֆավինյանա”
  • Basque: “Favignana”
  • Breton: “Favignana”
  • Bulgarian: “Фавиняна”
  • Catalan: “Favignana”
  • Cebuano: “Favignana”
  • Chechen: “Фавиньяна”
  • Chinese: “Favignana”
  • Chinese: “法維尼亞納”
  • Chinese: “法维尼亚纳”
  • Danish: “Favignana”
  • Dutch: “Favignana”
  • Esperanto: “Favignana”
  • Estonian: “Favignana”
  • French: “Favignana”
  • Georgian: “ფავინიანა”
  • German: “Favignana”
  • Hebrew: “פביגננה”
  • Hungarian: “Favignana”
  • Interlingua: “Favignana”
  • Irish: “Favignana”
  • Italian: “Comune di Favignana”
  • Italian: “Favignana”
  • Japanese: “ファヴィニャーナ”
  • Kazakh: “Фавиньяна”
  • Kurdish: “Favignana”
  • Ladin: “Favignana”
  • Latin: “Aegusa”
  • Latin: “Favoniana”
  • Lithuanian: “Favinjana”
  • Lombard: “Favignana”
  • Low German: “Favignana”
  • Malay: “Favignana”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Favignana”
  • Neapolitan: “Favignana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Favignana”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Favignana”
  • Persian: “فاوینیانا”
  • Piemontese: “Favignana”
  • Polish: “Favignana”
  • Portuguese: “Favignana”
  • Romanian: “Favignana”
  • Russian: “Фавиньяна”
  • Scots: “Favignana”
  • Serbian: “Favignana”
  • Serbian: “Фавињана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Favignana”
  • Sicilian: “Faugnana”
  • Sicilian: “Favignana”
  • Sicilian: “Favugnana”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فاوینیانا”
  • Spanish: “Favignana”
  • Spanish: “Isla Fabignana”
  • Spanish: “Isla Favignana”
  • Swedish: “Favignana”
  • Tagalog: “Favignana”
  • Tatar: “Фавиньяна”
  • Turkish: “Favignana”
  • Ukrainian: “Фавіньяна”
  • Uzbek: “Favignana”
  • Venetian: “Favignana”
  • Volapük: “Favignana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Favignana”
  • “Favignana”

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