Cape Palinuro Lighthouse
Capo Palinuro Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in the south-western Italy, roughly 40 miles south-west of Salerno, in the southern part of Cilento.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Josef Grunig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: building in Centola, Italy
- Also known as: “Capo Palinuro Lighthouse” and “Faro di Capo Palinuro”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Molpa and Scoglio Mingardo.
Molpa
Archaeological site
Photo: Geofix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Molpa is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km east of Cape Palinuro Lighthouse.
Scoglio Mingardo
Islet
Photo: Mario Penner, CC BY 3.0.
Scoglio Mingardo is an islet, which is situated 3½ km east of Cape Palinuro Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palinuro and Caprioli.
Palinuro
Village
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palinuro is an Italian small town, the most populated civil parish of Centola, Province of Salerno, in the Campania region. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas, as recorded in the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid.
Caprioli
Hamlet
Caprioli is a Southern Italian village and hamlet of Pisciotta, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 121. Caprioli is situated 7 km north of Cape Palinuro Lighthouse.
Licusati
Village
Photo: Licusati76, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Licusati is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Cape Palinuro Lighthouse.
Cape Palinuro Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Centola, Salerno, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.02462° or 40° 1′ 29″ northLongitude
15.27361° or 15° 16′ 25″ eastElevation
103 metres (338 feet)Operator
Italian NavyOpen location code
8FGQ27FF+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1340857708OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11594382Wikidata ID
Q55606606
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In Other Languages
“Cape Palinuro Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Capo Palinuro”
- French: “Phare de Capo Palinuro”
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