As promised last week, I moved just up the coast a bit from the lighthouse at the end of the heel of Italy's boot, which was the Faro di Santa Maria di Leuca. This week's lighthouse is the Punta Palascia light, on the Capo d'Otranto, which is the easternmost point of Italy. These two lighthouses are about 45 km apart by road.
Surprisingly for a lighthouse in such a notable location, it was abandoned in the 1970s, according to Wikipedia, but has been reclaimed and restored since then. Here's some more information about it:
"The lighthouse was built in 1867 and abandoned in the 1970s, however, was reopened in 2008 and currently hosts the Centre on Environment and Health of the Mediterranean Ecosystems and a multimedia Museum of the Sea. The lighthouse consists of a white stone cylindrical tower, 32 metres (105 ft) high, with balcony and lantern rising from a 2-storey white building. The lantern is positioned at 60 metres (200 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash in a 5 seconds period visible at 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) of distance."(If you think I'm not being faithful to the outstanding Lighthouse Directory, well, Wikipedia gets some of the information for their article from there.)
It's quite photogenic, as you'll see.
This last one is by Angelo Perrone, and you can get stuff with this picture on the stuff. Order here.
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