Cefalù Cathedral

Cefalù, Italy

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Wheelchair access: Partly accessible

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The Cathedral of Cefalù is a Roman Catholic basilica in Cefalù, Sicily, erected between 1131 and 1240 in the Norman architectural style following the Norman conquest of the island in 1091. According to tradition, King Roger II commissioned the building after vowing to the Holy Saviour upon escaping a storm to the city's beach. Built with a fortress-like character, the cathedral dominates the medieval town's skyline and made a powerful architectural statement of Norman presence on the island. It is one of nine structures included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale, and later served as inspiration for architect Antonio Vandone's Mogadishu Cathedral, constructed between 1925 and 1928 in Italian Somaliland.