Monday, February 25, 2019

Lighthouse of the Week, February 24-March 2, 2019: Capo Testo, Sardinia, Italy


I just found out about this place - and apparently its one of the most expensive places you can own land on in Europe.  (Funny me, I thought that was Monaco and Cap Ferrat, but what do I know?)  This is the Gallura coastline of northern Sardinia, where granite is shaped like plastic.  And it has awesome beaches, too:  10 beaches near Santa Teresa di Gallura.

It also has a lighthouse.  The name of the lighthouse is the Capo Testo (or Testa, I'm not sure) lighthouse.  As one could expect, there are quite a few pictures of it, because it's near one of those great beaches.

Specifications from the Lighthouse Directory:
1845 (modernized in 1955). Active; focal plane 67 m (220 ft); two white flashes every 12 s. 23 m (75 ft) square cylindrical masonry tower with lantern, round watch room, and two galleries, rising from a 2-story masonry keeper's house.

This handsome lighthouse stands on a steep headland on a promontory connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus. It marks the northern tip of Sardinia and the western entrance to the Strait of Bonifacio.
Oh yeah, you have to see where it is!  The map.

And of course, the pictures.  Six of them.










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