Capo Colonne | |
Location: | Crotone Calabria Italy |
Coordinates: | 39.0257°N 17.2045°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1873 |
Construction: | masonry tower |
Shape: | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to a two-story keeper’ house |
Marking: | white tower, grey lantern dome |
Height: | 22m (72feet) |
Focalheight: | 40m (130feet) |
Lens: | Type OR 500 Focal length: 250mm |
Range: | main: reserve: |
Characteristic: | FI W 5s. |
Country: | Italy |
Countrynumber: | 3404 E.F. |
Managingagent: | Marina Militare[1] |
Capo Colonne Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Colonne) is situated on the extremity of the Promunturium Lacinium, nearby the single column of the Greek temple elevated in honour of Hera Lacinia, at from Crotone on the Ionian Sea.
The lighthouse was completed in 1873 and consist of a two-story building with the octagonal tower, 22m (72feet) high, on it. In 2002 the lighthouse was restored and in 2012 modernized. The type of signalling is a rotating optical OR S3, the light has a focal length of 500 and emits a single white flashing in 5 seconds period visible up to .[1]