Brucoli Lighthouse, Lighthouse in Brucoli, Italy.
The Brucoli Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the municipality of Augusta, on Sicily's eastern coast near the southern end of the Gulf of Catania. It consists of a white tower with a red band and an adjacent building, standing beside the Aragonese castle that guards the entrance to the town's canal-port.
Built in 1911, this lighthouse has guided maritime navigation along Sicily's southeastern coast for over a century, serving as a crucial beacon for the busy Mediterranean shipping corridor.
Located near the 15th-century Aragonese castle of Regina Giovanna, the lighthouse represents the maritime heritage of Sicily and the historical importance of coastal navigation in the region.
The lighthouse emits a white flash every five seconds visible up to eleven nautical miles away, with its focal height of 13 meters providing reliable navigation assistance to approaching vessels.
The building beside the tower was not a keeper's residence but an unused service building. In 2017 the Agenzia del Demanio leased it for fifty years to a private company, which restored it and turned it into tourist accommodation under the Valore Paese project.
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