Location Ancona
Marche
Italy Deactivated 1965 (first) Province Province of Ancona | Year first lit 1965 (current) Construction concrete tower Year first constructed 1860 | |
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Tower shape square parallelepiped tower with double balcony Markings / pattern white and grey vertical stripes, grey lantern Address -50,, Via Ospizio, 20, 60121 Ancona, Italy Similar Forte Cardeto, Impianto pubblico di risalita, San Francesco alle Scale, Arco Clementino, Fountain of Calamo or of 13 Can | ||
Ancona Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Ancona) is a lighthouse in Ancona on the Adriatic Sea. It is placed on the hill named Colle dei Cappuccini, from which takes the name, about 119.5 metres from the old lighthouse deactivated in 1965.
History
The old lighthouse was built for will of Pope Pius IX when the region was under the Papal States in 1860. It was a cylindrical tower in red bricks built on a quadrangular basement; it had the focal height at 123.82 feet (37.74 m) metres above sea level and emitted a white flashing light every 45 seconds.
The current lighthouse was built in 1971, it is a square base tower in concrete 15 metres high with double balcony ad lantern. The lighthouse is fully automated, operated by Marina Militare and emits four white flashes every 30 seconds visible up to 25 nautical miles.