Capo Caccia Lighthouse
 Capo Caccia lighthouse high on the precipice | |
  Sardinia | |
| Location |
Alghero Sardinia Italy |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°33′38.8″N 8°09′46.4″E / 40.560778°N 8.162889°ECoordinates: 40°33′38.8″N 8°09′46.4″E / 40.560778°N 8.162889°E |
| Year first constructed | 1864 |
| Automated | yes |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from one corner of the keeper’s house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and keeper’s house |
| Height | 24 metres (79 ft) |
| Focal height | 186 metres (610 ft) |
| Light source | mains power |
| Range |
main: 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | FI W 5s. |
| Fog signal | no |
| Admiralty number | E1124 |
| NGA number | 8276 |
| ARLHS number | SAR-009 |
| Italy number | 1418 E.F[1] [2] |
| Managing agent | Marina Militare |
Capo Caccia Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Caccia) is a light situated at the extremity of Capo Caccia, 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) from Tramariglio a frazione of Alghero on the western coast of Sardinia.
History
The lighthouse was built in 1864 on the top of the namesake promontory overlooking the sea, just above Neptune's Grotto connected by s staircase of 656 steps named Escala de Cabirol (Staircase of roe). The light station is a three-story white building protected by the Faraday cage to defend from the light strikes; above the keeper's house stands the tower 24 metres (79 ft) high, which was rebuilt in 1950s, bringing the focal height at 186 metres (610 ft) that it makes the highest lighthouse in Italy. The lantern was supplied by various fuel as acetylene until 1880, then by petroleum gases and in 1961 the plant was electrified. The rotating optics is equipped with a Fresnel lens, with four deflectors at 90° each other with a focal distance of 375 millimetres, built in Paris by B.B.T. in 1951. The lighthouse is active, fully automated, even if manned by two keepers which have the task of the maintenance of others lighthouses along the western Sardinia coast, and operated by Marina Militare identified by the code number 1418 E.F. [3]
See also
References
External links
- Servizio Fari Marina Militare (Italian)
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