INTRODUCES

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“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.

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.

CapoZafferano 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

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 Cefalù 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 laurel Do you know it quite well?”