Capo Circeo Lighthouse

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Capo Circeo Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Lazio, Italy, located on Capo Circeo, about 3 kilometres west of San Felice Circeo.

History

The lighthouse has been active since 1866, and was built under the pontificate of Pope Pius IX. The lighthouse is composed of a keeper's house with an adjacent tower 18 metres 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 metres. The lighthouse has a rated capacity of 23 nmi. 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.

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