Construction masonry tower Height 14 metres (46 ft) Year first constructed 1870 | Markings / pattern white tower Focal height 206 metres (676 ft) | |
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Location Capo Palinuro
Palinuro
Campania
Italy Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern atop a 2-storey keeper’s house | ||
Cape Palinuro (Italian : Capo Palinuro) is located in southwestern Italy, approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Salerno, in southern part of Cilento region. It is supposedly named after Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Virgil's Aeneid.
Geography
Northern side of the cape is the location of Palinuro, a touristic hamlet of Centola. Southern side faces in the Gulf of Policastro, and is far 6 km from Marina di Camerota.
References
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