Italy has a lot of coastline and numerous lighthouses, and I have only featured a few of them. This one is on the Adriatic Sea, i.e., on Italy's east coast. It's funny how the USA has a West Coast and an East Coast that are over 3,000 miles apart, while Italy's East and West Coasts are somewhere between 80 and 130 miles apart on the longest section of the boot-shaped peninsula.
So, this week we have the Faro Marina di Ravenna, which one might presume is near or in Ravenna. That is correct. Ravenna might not be as famous as Venice to the north or Bologna to the west, but it does lie on the water and it isn't (apparently) sinking into the mud. Here's where it is, zoomed out far enough to locate Bologna, too.
Let's get the Lighthouse Directory description:
"1862 (Achille Buffoni) (rebuilt in 1950). Active; focal plane 35 m (115 ft); white flash every 5 s. 33 m (108 ft) octagonal cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery, rising from a 3-story brick building that includes the port captain's office. Tower painted white; building is unpainted red brick; lantern dome is gray metallic. ... This lighthouse marks an artificial channel cut in the 18th century for the city of Ravenna; the channel connects to a harbor, the Marina di Ravenna, dredged from the lagoon and wetlands behind the barrier island. The original light was 24 m (79 ft) tall; it was raised in 1935 and rebuilt after being heavily damaged during World War II."Here's another page about it: Marina di Ravenna Lighthouse (World of Lighthouses)
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