Year first lit 1950s (current) Markings / pattern white tower Year first constructed 1856 | Construction masonry tower Height 12 metres (39 ft) | |
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Location Capo MisenoBacoliCampaniaItaly Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to the seaward corner of a 2-storey keeper’s house Similar Castello Aragonese, Lucrinus Lacus, Phlegraean Fields, Lake Avernus, Fusaro Lake | ||
Cape miseno
Cape Miseno (Italian: Capo Miseno, Latin: Misenum, Ancient Greek: Μισήνον) is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Bay of Pozzuoli in southern Italy. The cape is directly across from the island of Procida and is named for Misenus, a character in Virgil's Aeneid.
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Map of Faro Capo Miseno, Via Faro, 80070 Bacoli NA, Italy
History
Historically, the cape was important to the Romans since it was a natural shelter for passage into the inner harbor of Portus Julius, the home port for the Roman western imperial fleet. Mythologically, important sections of the Aeneid play out in the Gulf of Naples: This is where Aeneas' comrade, Misenus, master of the sea-horn — the conch-shell — made "the waves ring" with his music and challenged the sea-god Triton to musical battle. He was dashed into the sea and killed by "jealous Triton". Then: