Capo Murro di Porco Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Sicily, Italy

Lighthouse

37°00′11″N 15°20′06″E / 37.003119°N 15.335129°E / 37.003119; 15.335129TowerConstructed1859Foundationconcrete baseConstructionconcrete towerHeight20 metres (66 ft)Shapedecagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's houseMarkingswhite tower and lantern, grey metallic lantern domePower sourcemains electricity

OperatorMarina Militare^[1]^[2]LightFirst lit1959

Focal height34 metres (112 ft)LensType OF 800
Focal length: 400mmIntensitymain: AL 1000 W
reserve: LABI 100 WRangemains: 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
reserve: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)CharacteristicFl W 5s.Italy no.2910 E.F.

Capo Murro di Porco Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Murro di Porco) is an active lighthouse located at the end of the Maddalena Peninsula [it] on the south eastern tip of Sicily in the Area marina protetta Plemmirio [it], municipality of Siracusa on the Ionian Sea.

Description

The lighthouse, built in 1859 under the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, consists of a concrete tapered decagonal tower, 20 metres (66 ft) high, with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house. No longer inhabited but it was recently awarded by the state property agency for development in lighthouse accommodated to the privates, the "Beacon Hope - Lighthouse Resort", founded by the local entrepreneur Sebastian Cortese. The tower and the lantern are white; the lantern dome is grey metallic. The lantern is positioned at 34 metres (112 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash in a 5 seconds period visible up to a distance of 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 2910 E.F.^[2]

In December 2020, a photo taken by photographer Kevin Saragozza of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in the background of the lighthouse, was chosen as the "Photo of the Day" by NASA for the Astronomy Picture of the Day.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Italy: Eastern Sicily". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Capo Murro di Porco". Marina Militare. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ "Astronomy Picture of the Day (December 8, 2020)". Retrieved December 26, 2020.
^ "The Embrace of Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon at a Syracuse Lighthouse in Nasa's Photo of the Day".