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BAGHERIA

INTRODUCES

THE SICILY LIGHTHOUSE

HERITAGE

BAGHERIA IS HERE…..

Bagheria School

“In this fourth and final voyage along the coasts of Sicily, the reader is led to the

discovery of a magnificient land enriched by old architectures and the

stories of the people who inhabited the island over the centuries.

From The Architecture of Italian Lighthouses By C.Bartolomei and G.Amoruso

Sicily, among the islands of Mediterranean Sea is a very charming land.

Its seas and its coasts have always represented at the same time departure and arrival, destiny and

fatality, beginning and end for sailors and migrants.

Its lighthouses among the most numerous and extraordinary ones belong to a variegated

heritage of signallings under the Italian Navy Sicily Zone Lighthouses Service.

LIGHTHOUSE COMPONENTS

A traditional italian lighthouse can be described for the following typological components:• The lantern, wich contains the optics and the

lighting devices;• The tower and its staircase, running inside to

the lanter.

CAPO ZAFFERANO LIGHTHOUSE

CapoZafferano lighthouse

CAPO ZAFFERANO LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Santa Flavia (Palermo)

LIGHT POSITION: 34 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : three white and red flashes light, period 10 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1884

DESCRIPTION: white octagonal tower with a one-storey building

CAPO GALLO LIGHTHOUSE

Capo Gallo lighthouse

CAPO GALLO LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Palermo

LIGHT POSITION: 40 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : two white long flashes light, period 15 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1854

DESCRIPTION: cylindrical tower with a one-storey building

CAPO CEFALU’ LIGHTHOUSE

Capo Cefalù lighthouse

CAPO CEFALU’ LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Cefalù ( Palermo)

LIGHT POSITION: 80 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : white flash light, period 5 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1910

DESCRIPTION: white octagonal tower with a two-storey building

CAPO D’ORLANDO LIGHTHOUSE

Capo D’Orlando lighthouse

CAPO D’ORLANDO LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Capo d’Orlando ( Messina)

LIGHT POSITION: 27 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : two white long flashes light, period 12 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1904

DESCRIPTION: squared white tower with a one-storey building

CAPO PELORO LIGHTHOUSE

Capo Peloro lighthouse

CAPO PELORO LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Strait of Messina ( Messina)

LIGHT POSITION: 37 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : two green flash light, period 10 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1935

DESCRIPTION: octagonal truncated white tower with black stripes

CAPO BRUCOLI LIGHTHOUSE

Capo Brucoli lighthouse

CAPO BRUCOLI LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Brucoli (Siracusa)

LIGHT POSITION: 13 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : white flash light, period 5 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1912

DESCRIPTION: white tower with a red stripe and a one-storey building

CAPO MARINA DI RAGUSA LIGHTHOUSE

Capo Marina di Ragusa lighthouse

CAPO MARINA DI RAGUSA LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Marina di Ragusa (Ragusa)

LIGHT POSITION: 12 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : red flash light, period 5 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1912

DESCRIPTION: squared white tower with a one-storey building

SAN VITO LO CAPO LIGHTHOUSE

San Vito Lo Capo lighthouse

SAN VITO LO CAPO LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : San Vito lo Capo (Trapani)

LIGHT POSITION: 45 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : white flash light, period 5 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1859

DESCRIPTION: cylindrical tower with a one-storey building

SCOGLIO STROMBOLICCHIO LIGHTHOUSE

Scoglio Strombolicchio lighthouse

SCOGLIO STROMBOLICCHIO LIGHTHOUSE

POSITION : Island of Stromboli (Islands Eolie- Messina)

LIGHT POSITION: 57 mt

CHARACTERISTIC : three white flashes light, period 15 seconds

YEAR OF ACTIVATION : 1925

DESCRIPTION: white cylindrical tower with

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE“ ITALIANISCHE REISE”

“Do you know the ground where lemon trees bloom

In the green foliage the gold oranges bright A light wind blows from the blu sky

The myrtle lies peaceful, the calm laurelDo you know it quite well?”