Capo dell'Armi Lighthouse
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Capo dell'Armi Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Reggio Calabria
, southern Italy
. Located along the cliffs of the headland, in the comune of Motta San Giovanni
it is an important reference for ships coming into the Strait of Sicily
from the south.. Activated in 1867 and renovated in 1959, the lighthouse consists of a white tower on an octagonal brick building with 2 floors. The optics of the lighthouse are made from Fresnel lenses which rotate around a lamp of 1000 watts.
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...
, southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Located along the cliffs of the headland, in the comune of Motta San Giovanni
Motta San Giovanni
Motta San Giovanni is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 130 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 13 km southeast of Reggio Calabria....
it is an important reference for ships coming into the Strait of Sicily
Strait of Sicily
The Strait of Sicily is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia. It is about wide and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea from the eastern Mediterranean. Its maximum depth is ....
from the south.. Activated in 1867 and renovated in 1959, the lighthouse consists of a white tower on an octagonal brick building with 2 floors. The optics of the lighthouse are made from Fresnel lenses which rotate around a lamp of 1000 watts.