Saturday, June 29, 2019

Lighthouse of the Week, June 23-29, 2019: Capo Mulini, Sicily, Italy


This one is simple; I was searching for the closest lighthouse to the volcano Mount Etna on the island of Sicily.  While there are a couple of lighthouses in the coastal port city of Catania, the Capo Mulini lighthouse is up the coast just a bit, and thus closer to the volcano.

Here's what we can learn about it, gathered from the Lighthouse Directory:
"1868. Active; focal plane 42 m (138 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 20 m (66 ft) lantern mounted atop a square masonry building. Lighthouse painted white; the lantern is gray metallic."
Not much other history, except to say that the present lantern was installed in 1919.

The pictures are below.  I couldn't find one where Etna is visible too.







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