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Lighthouse Attractions In Genoa

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Genoa is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, counted 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera.Located on the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa has been nick...
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Lighthouse Attractions In Genoa

  • 1. Lanterna di Genova Genoa
    The Lighthouse of Genoa , is the main lighthouse for the city's port. Besides being an important aid to night navigation in the vicinity, the tower serves as a symbol and a landmark for the City of Genoa. At 249 feet it is the world's fifth tallest lighthouse and the second tallest traditional one, built of masonry. Since 1543 and until the construction of the lighthouse on Île Vierge, France in 1902, it was the tallest lighthouse in the world. Considered as a whole with the natural rock on which it stands, as it is commonly perceived and represented, its height is 383 feet , making it the second tallest lighthouse in the world and the tallest in Europe and tallest traditional lighthouse. It is constructed in two square portions, each one capped by a terrace; the whole structure is crowne...
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