Scalea

Scalea is a resort on the south-western coast of facing the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Golfo del Pollino, on a stretch of coast called "Riviera dei Cedri".
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Scalea–Santa Domenica Talao railway station and Castello Normanno.

Railway station
Scalea-Santa Domenica Talao is a railway station located on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria line. It serves the towns of Scalea and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Nicola Arcella.

Village
is a town and comune in the in the region of southern . American writer Francis Marion Crawford lived in a coastal tower at San Nicola in the late 19th century. is situated 4 km north of Scalea.

Scalea

Latitude
39.8144° or 39° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude
15.7914° or 15° 47′ 29″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IT LEA
Open location code
8FFQRQ7R+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67274923
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2523207
Wiki­data ID
Q54000
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Scalea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سكاليا
  • Armenian: Սկալեա
  • Basque: Scalea
  • Belarusian: Скалеа
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  • Chinese: 斯卡莱阿
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  • Hebrew: סקאלה
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  • Japanese: スカレーア
  • Kazakh: Скалея
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  • Russian: Скалея
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  • Serbian: Скалеа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Scalea, Cosenza
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  • Tatar: Скалея
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Scalea”. Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.