Ancona Lighthouse (Faro di Colle Cappuccini)

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Ancona Lighthouse (Faro di Colle Cappuccini)
Location Ancona
Marche
Italy
Coordinates 43°37′22″N13°30′57″E / 43.622833°N 13.51575°E / 43.622833; 13.51575 Coordinates: 43°37′22″N13°30′57″E / 43.622833°N 13.51575°E / 43.622833; 13.51575
Tower
Constructed1860 (first)
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionconcrete tower
Height15 metres (49 ft) (current)
20 metres (66 ft) (first)
Shapequadrangular tower with double balcony
Markingswhite and grey vertical stripes, grey lantern
Operator Marina Militare
Fog signal no
Light
First lit1965 (current)
Deactivated1965 (first)
Focal height118 metres (387 ft)
LensType OR Q4 (original), 1st order fresnel lens (current)
Light sourcemains power
Intensitymain. AL 1000 W
reserve: LABI 100 W
Rangemain: 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic Fl (4) W 30s.
Italy no.EF-3930 [1] [2]

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.

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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.

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References

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