Gerace

Gerace is a striking medieval hill town in the region of , perched on a sandstone plateau above the Ionian coast. Known for its remarkably preserved historic centre, Norman-era cathedral, and sweeping views over the Locride plain and sea, Gerace is one of southern Italy’s most atmospheric small towns.
  • Type: Village with 2,970 residents
  • Description: Italian town
  • Also known as: 080036
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Mary, Gerace and San Francesco.

Church
Photo: Nikater, Public domain.
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Gerace

Latitude
38.273° or 38° 16′ 23″ north
Longitude
16.2188° or 16° 13′ 8″ east
Population
2,970
Elevation
413 metres (1,355 feet)
Open location code
8FCR76F9+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67275721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6540046
Wiki­data ID
Q54612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Gerace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غيراتشي
  • Armenian: Ջերաչե
  • Basque: Gerace
  • Breton: Gerace
  • Bulgarian: Джераче
  • Catalan: Gerace
  • Cebuano: Gerace
  • Central Bikol: Gerace
  • Chechen: Джераче
  • Chinese: Gerace
  • Chinese: 杰拉切
  • Dagbani: wɔwara
  • Dutch: Gerace
  • Esperanto: Gerace
  • Farefare: Wa’ara
  • French: Gerace
  • German: Gerace
  • Greek: Γεράκι Καλαβρίας
  • Hungarian: Gerace
  • Interlingua: Gerace
  • Irish: Gerace
  • Italian: Comune di Gerace
  • Italian: Gerace
  • Japanese: ジェラーチェ
  • Kazakh: Джераче
  • Kurdish: Gerace
  • Ladin: Gerace
  • Latin: Hieracium
  • Lombard: Gerace
  • Malay: Gerace
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gerace
  • Neapolitan: Gerace
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gerace
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gerace
  • Persian: جراچه
  • Piemontese: Gerace
  • Polish: Gerace
  • Portuguese: Gerace
  • Romanian: Gerace
  • Russian: Джераче
  • Serbian: Gerace
  • Serbian: Ђераче
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gerace, Reggio Calabria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gerace
  • Sicilian: Jeraci
  • Slovenian: Gerace
  • South Azerbaijani: جراچه
  • Spanish: Gerace
  • Swedish: Gerace
  • Tagalog: Gerace
  • Tatar: Джераче
  • Turkish: Gerace
  • Ukrainian: Джераче
  • Uzbek: Gerace
  • Venetian: Gerace
  • Volapük: Gerace
  • Waray (Philippines): Gerace
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