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San Venerio Lighthouse

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Year first lit
  
1884 (current)

Light source
  
mains power

Opened
  
1840

Automated
  
1985

Year first constructed
  
1840 (first)

Construction
  
masonry tower

Height
  
24 m

Focal height
  
117 m

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Location
  
Tino IslandLa SpeziaLiguriaItaly

Tower shape
  
cylindrical tower with double gallery at one corner of the keeper’s house

Markings / pattern
  
white tower and lantern, grey lantern dome

Similar
  
Livorno Lighthouse, Capo dell'Arma Lighthouse, Capo Mele Lighthouse, Palmaria, Parco Naturale Regional

San Venerio Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di San Venerio) is an active lighthouse on the island of Tino, in the comune of Porto Venere in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Its construction began in 1839, and completed in 1840. It illuminates and guides the sailors in that part of Ligurian Sea.

Contents

Map of Faro Isola Del Tino, Marina di Carrara - 5 terre, 19025 Portovenere SP, Italy

History

San Venerio Lighthouse is a fortified neoclassical building, despite having undergone many changes over time. Construction of the lighthouse was granted by King Charles Albert of Savoy and was initially fueled by vegetable oil, followed later by coal. In 1884 another tower was built, taller than the original at 30 metres (98 ft) high, and at the top of the lenses an optical filament was added, electrically powered by two steam engines. This system gave too much power to the beam of light, and in 1912 the fuel was replaced with petroleum. The lighthouse was later electrified, and became fully automated in 1985.

The lighthouse is completely controlled and operated by the Marina Militare based in La Spezia.

In the evening, near Lerici (located on the opposite side of the Gulf of La Spezia) or the Cinque Terre the light can be seen flashing across the sea in the darkness.

References

San Venerio Lighthouse Wikipedia


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