Chiesa del Purgatorio ★
Baroque church in Cefalù featuring a twin staircase and a 1668 facade along Corso Ruggero.
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Castles Castello di Cefalù Norman cathedral founded in 1131 by Roger II, famous for its Byzantine mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. -
Churches Chiesa del Purgatorio Baroque church in Cefalù featuring a twin staircase and a 1668 facade along Corso Ruggero. -
Churches Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore alla Torre Famous for 12th-century Byzantine mosaics, La Martorana in Palermo is a UNESCO site of the Arbëreshë community. -
Churches Chiesa dell'Itria Historic Cefalù church created in 1961 by joining two adjacent 16th-century religious buildings. -
Churches Chiesa di Maria Santissima della Catena An 18th-century church in Cefalù located in Piazza Garibaldi, featuring a yellow tufa facade and a historic loggia.
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Churches and places of worship
11Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore alla Torre ★
Famous for 12th-century Byzantine mosaics, La Martorana in Palermo is a UNESCO site of the Arbëreshë community.
Chiesa dell'Itria ★
Historic Cefalù church created in 1961 by joining two adjacent 16th-century religious buildings.
Chiesa di Maria Santissima della Catena ★
An 18th-century church in Cefalù located in Piazza Garibaldi, featuring a yellow tufa facade and a historic loggia.
Chiesa di San Sebastiano
A 16th-century church in Cefalù facing Piazza Marina, known for its late 17th-century gilded tabernacle.
Chiesa di Santa Maria al Borgo
A 1686 church founded by cathedral dean Pietro Cimino, with seventeenth-century frescoes on Via Umberto I.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria di Porto Salvo
16th-century Palermo church designed by sculptor and architect Antonello Gagini.
Duomo di Cefalù
Built in 1131 by Roger II, this UNESCO-listed Norman cathedral features iconic Byzantine presbytery mosaics.
Santuario di Gibilmanna
Marian sanctuary on the slopes of the Madonie, founded in the Middle Ages and rebuilt by Capuchin friars.
Abbazia di Thélema
The house where Crowley set up his abbey in 1920: whitewashed, derelict, still standing.
Cappella di San Biagio
Two small churches of 1502 and 1580 fused into one, beside Cefalù's medieval wash house.
Castles, palaces and villas
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Castello di Cefalù ★
Norman cathedral founded in 1131 by Roger II, famous for its Byzantine mosaic of Christ Pantocrator.
Palazzo Atenasio Martino dei baroni di Rocca e Valdina
The palace on piazza del Duomo where a 19th-century stair buried the original grand staircase.
Osterio Magno
The Ventimiglia fortified palace on Corso Ruggero: Norman tower, banded tufa and lava front.
Palazzo Vescovile
The bishops' residence since the 1500s: a 1793 coat of arms over the portal, three facades round the yard.
Museums, theatres and collections
2Museo Fra Giammaria da Tusa
A museum at the Gibilmanna sanctuary exhibiting Capuchin sacred art, craft tools, and a historic library.
Museo Mandralisca
Cefalù's sole museum, housing the art, archaeology, and numismatic collections of Baron Enrico Pirajno.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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