Location CrotoneCalabriaItaly Focal height 40 metres (130 ft) Height 22 m | Construction masonry tower Light source mains power Opened 1873 Year first constructed 1873 | |
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Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern attached to a two-story keeper’ house Markings / pattern white tower, grey lantern dome | ||
Calabria capo colonna a crotone mare e archeologia turismo in calabria it
Capo Colonne Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Colonne) is situated on the extremity of the Promunturium Lacinium, nearby the single column of the Greek temple elevated in honour of Hera Lacinia, at 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Crotone on the Ionian Sea.
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- Calabria capo colonna a crotone mare e archeologia turismo in calabria it
- Map of Faro di Capo Colonna 88900 Crotone KR Italy
- Lighthouse
- References
Map of Faro di Capo Colonna, 88900 Crotone KR, Italy
Lighthouse
The lighthouse was completed in 1873 and consist of a two-story building with the octagonal tower, 22 metres (72 ft) high, on it. In 2002 the lighthouse was restored and in 2012 modernized. The type of signalling is a rotating optical OR S3, the light has a focal length of 500 and emits a single white flashing in 5 seconds period visible up to 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi).
References
Capo Colonne Lighthouse Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA