Capo Zafferano Lighthouse

Capo Zafferano
Capo Zafferano Lighthouse
Capo Zafferano
Sicily
Capo Zafferano
Capo Zafferano (Italy)
Location Capo Zafferano
Santa Flavia
Sicily
Italy
Coordinates 38°06′44″N 13°32′15″E / 38.112139°N 13.537528°E / 38.112139; 13.537528Coordinates: 38°06′44″N 13°32′15″E / 38.112139°N 13.537528°E / 38.112139; 13.537528
Year first constructed 1884
Foundation masonry base
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern, grey metallic lantern dome
Height 11 metres (36 ft)
Focal height 34 metres (112 ft)
Current lens Type OF 500
Focal length: 250mm
Light source mains power
Intensity AL 1000 W
Range mains: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
reserve: 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic Fl (3) WR 10s.
Fog signal no
Admiralty number E2023
NGA number 9900
ARLHS number ITA-048
Italy number 3244 E.F.
Managing agent Marina Militare[1][2]

Capo Zafferano Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Zafferano) is an active lighthouse located at the extreme tip of the homonimy promontory, under a steep ridge, that marks the eastern entrance to the port of Palermo. The lighthouse is in the municipality of Santa Flavia on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Description

The lighthouse was built in 1884 and when the Marina Militare automated it the keeper's house was abandoned and went entirely in ruin due to negligence and vandalic raids. In 2016 the Agenzia del Demanio, who run the State ownership buildings including the lighthouses, decided to give it in concession with a request for tenders to a private for 50 years. [3].The lighthouse has been awarded to a company involved in the restoration, headed by a local Chef, will become a multifunctional structure with a taste shop, a restaurant, three suites and a Museum of the Sea.[4]

The lighthouse consists of a masonry octagonal tower, 11 metres (36 ft) high, with balcony and lantern attached to the seaward side of 1-storey keeper's house. The tower and the lantern are white; the lantern dome is grey metallic. The light is positioned at 34 metres (112 ft) above sea level and emits three white or red flashes, depending on the direction, in a 10 seconds period visible up to a distance of 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 3244 E.F.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lighthouses of Italy: Western Sicily". The Lighthouse Directory. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Capo Zafferano". Marina Militare. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Valore Paese - Fari". Agenzia del Demanio. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Il Faro di Capo Zafferano". PalermoToday. Retrieved April 16, 2018.



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