Ancona Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Italy

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Lighthouse

43°37′22″N 13°30′57″E / 43.622833°N 13.51575°E / 43.622833; 13.51575TowerConstructed1860 (first)Foundationconcrete baseConstructionconcrete towerHeight15 metres (49 ft) (current)
20 metres (66 ft) (first)Shapequadrangular tower with double balconyMarkingswhite and grey vertical stripes, grey lanternPower sourcemains electricity

OperatorMarina MilitareFog signalnoLightFirst lit1965 (current)Deactivated1965 (first)Focal height118 metres (387 ft)LensType OR Q4 (original), 1st order fresnel lens (current)Intensitymain. AL 1000 W
reserve: LABI 100 WRangemain: 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)CharacteristicFl (4) W 30s.Italy no.3930

Ancona Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Ancona) is a lighthouse in Ancona on the Adriatic Sea. It is placed on the hill named Colle dei Cappuccini, from which takes the name, about 119.5 metres from the old lighthouse deactivated in 1965.^[1]^[2]

Description

The old lighthouse was built for will of Pope Pius IX when the region was under the Papal States in 1860. It was a cylindrical tower in red bricks built on a quadrangular basement; it had the focal height at 123.82 feet (37.74 m) metres above sea level and emitted a white flashing light every 45 seconds.^[3]

The current lighthouse was built in 1971, it is a square base tower in concrete 15 metres high with double balcony ad lantern. The lighthouse is fully automated, operated by Marina Militare and emits four white flashes every 30 seconds visible up to 25 nautical miles.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Italy: Eastern". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ Colle Cappuccini Marina Militare
^ Il Faro di Ancona