Capo Circeo Lighthouse
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Capo Circeo Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Lazio, Italy
, located on Punto, about 3 kilometres west of San Felice Circeo
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The lighthouse has been active since 1866, and was built under the pontificate of Pope Pius IX
. The lighthouse is composed of a building inhabited by white farista with an adjacent tower 18 meters 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 meters. The lighthouse has a rated capacity of 23 nautical miles (42.6 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
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, located on Punto, about 3 kilometres west of San Felice Circeo
San Felice Circeo
San Felice Circeo is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy.It is included in that Circeo National Park...
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The lighthouse has been active since 1866, and was built under the pontificate of Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX
Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...
. The lighthouse is composed of a building inhabited by white farista with an adjacent tower 18 meters 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 meters. The lighthouse has a rated capacity of 23 nautical miles (42.6 km). It is part of the Command Area Lighthouses of the Navy based in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, which deals with all the lights of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy.-Geography:The sea is bounded by Corsica and Sardinia , Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and Calabria and Sicily ....
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