Scoglietto Lighthouse
Scoglietto Lighthouse Italian: Faro dello Scoglietto is an active lighthouse located on the summit of a rocky islet without vegetation located in front of Portoferraio in the Piombino Channel at 1.4 kilometres from Punta Capo Bianco and 1 kilometre from Punta Falconaia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: lighthouse in Italy
- Also known as: “Faro dello Scoglietto”, “Faro dello Scoglietto di Portoferraio”, “Faro di Scoglietto”, and “Scoglietto di Portoferraio Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portoferraio Rock and Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini.
Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini
Heritage site
Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini is a heritage site, which is situated 1¼ km south of Scoglietto Lighthouse.
Portoferraio Lighthouse
Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portoferraio lighthouse, called Faro del Forte Stella Lighthouse since is placed on the northern rampart of Forte Stella built in 1548 by Cosimo I de' Medici in Portoferraio, Elba. Portoferraio Lighthouse is situated 1½ km south of Scoglietto Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagnaia and San Giovanni.
Bagnaia
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagnaia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comuni of Portoferraio and Rio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 261. Bagnaia is situated 3½ km southeast of Scoglietto Lighthouse.
San Giovanni
Village
San Giovanni is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Portoferraio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 695. San Giovanni is situated 4 km south of Scoglietto Lighthouse.
Nisporto
Village
Nisporto is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Rio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 21. Nisporto is located on the Elba Island and it is about 8 km from Rio Marina. Nisporto is situated 4 km east of Scoglietto Lighthouse.
Scoglietto Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse and tourism
- Location: Portoferraio, Livorno, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.82858° or 42° 49′ 43″ northLongitude
10.33106° or 10° 19′ 52″ eastInception
1910Height
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8FJGR8HJ+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 718504867OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“Scoglietto Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Scoglietto di Portoferraio”
- French: “Phare de Scoglietto di Portoferraio”
- German: “Scoglietto Leuchtturm”
- Italian: “Faro dello Scoglietto di Portoferraio”
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