Punta di Capel Rosso Lighthouse

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Punta di Capel Rosso Lighthouse
File:Capel Rosso-Giglio-Italy.png
Location Grosseto
Tuscany
Italy
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Foundation concrete base
Construction concrete and brick tower
Tower shape hexagonal tower with lantern and gallery attached to the front side of two-storey keeper’s house
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern, grey metallic lantern dome, keeper's house painted in white and red stripes
Height 20 metres (66 ft)
Focal height 90 metres (300 ft)
Original lens Type OR 700
Focal length: 350 mm
Intensity main: AL 1000 W
reserve: LABI 100 W
Range 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
Characteristic Fl (4) W 30s.
Italy number 2168 E.F
Managing agent Marina Militare[1]

Punta di Capel Rosso lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Punta di Capel Rosso ) or Punta Rossa is an active lighthouse on Isola del Giglio on the Tyrrhenian Sea.[2]

Description

The lighthouse was built in 1883 and is placed on Punta di Capel Rosso at a height of 61 metres (200 ft) in the southernmost part of the island. The lighthouse is a two-storey building with a hexagonal plant tower 20 metres (66 ft) high, on the south side, with balcony and lantern; the tower is white and the house is painted in white and red stripes. The lighthouse, operated by Marina Militare with the identification number 2168 E.F, is active and fully automated and emits a four white flashes in a 30 seconds period visible up to 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi).[1][3]

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References

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