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Cefalù (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 01 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.0167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in strategic site high above the Tyrrhenian Sea; was walled by 6th century BCE; allied with Carthage ca. 395; conquered by Syracuse; went to Rome 254 BCE; captured by Moors 858 CE; famed for 12th-century cathedral. |
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| Cefalù (preferred,C,V,English,U,N)
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| Cefalù (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Cefalú (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Cephaloedium (H,V)
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| Cephaloedis (C,V)
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| Kephaloidion (H,V)
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| Κεφαλοίδιον (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Κεφαλοιδὶς (C,V,Greek,U)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Cefalù (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in ancient times |
| town (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| quarrying center (C) |
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for marble |
| archaeological site (C) |
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