Ancona Lighthouse (Faro di Colle Cappuccini)

Colle Cappuccini
The new lighthouse
Colle Cappuccini
Marche
Colle Cappuccini
Colle Cappuccini (Italy)
Location Ancona
Marche
Italy
Coordinates 43°37′22″N 13°30′57″E / 43.622833°N 13.51575°E / 43.622833; 13.51575Coordinates: 43°37′22″N 13°30′57″E / 43.622833°N 13.51575°E / 43.622833; 13.51575
Year first constructed 1860 (first)
Year first lit 1965 (current)
Deactivated 1965 (first)
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape quadrangular tower with double balcony
Markings / pattern white and grey vertical stripes, grey lantern
Height 15 metres (49 ft) (current)
20 metres (66 ft) (first)
Focal height 118 metres (387 ft)
Original lens OR Q4 type
Current lens 1st order fresnel lens
Light source mains power
Intensity AL 1000W
Range main: 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic Fl (4) W 30s.
Fog signal no
Admiralty number E2344
NGA number 11216
ARLHS number ITA-104
Italy number EF-3930[1][2]
Managing agent Marina Militare

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.

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lighthouses of Italy: Eastern Italy". The Lighthouse Directory. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ Colle Cappuccini Marina Militare
  3. ↑ Il Faro di Ancona


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