Focal height 38 metres (125 ft) Height 18 m Province Province of Latina Year first constructed 1866 | Light source mains power Opened 1866 Phone +39 081 249 1029 | |
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Location San Felice CirceoLazioItaly Foundation octagonal prism basement Tower shape cylindrical tower with gallery and lantern Markings / pattern white tower, grey metallic lantern dome Similar Grotta delle Capre, Templarìs Tower, Torre Paola, Mount Circeo, Lago di Paola | ||
Capo Circeo Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Circeo) is an active lighthouse in Lazio, Italy, located on Punto, about 3 kilometres west of San Felice Circeo.
History
The lighthouse has been active since 1866, and was built under the pontificate of Pope Pius IX. The lighthouse is composed of a keeper's house with an adjacent tower 18 metres high.
The lighthouse has a rotating view that emits flashes of white light every 5 seconds. The height of the focal plane above sea level is about 38 metres. The lighthouse has a rated capacity of 23 nautical miles (43 km). It is part of the Command Area Lighthouses of the Navy based in Naples, which deals with all the lights of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea.
References
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