San Venerio Lighthouse
San Venerio Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on the island of Tino, in the comune of Porto Venere in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Its construction began in 1839, and was completed in 1840.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Italy
- Also known as: “Faro di San Venerio”, “Tino Island lighthouse”, and “Tino Island Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tino and Tinetto.
Tino
Islet
Photo: Illy78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tino is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere.
Tinetto
Islet
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Tinetto is an Italian island situated in the Gulf of La Spezia, in the eastern part of the Ligurian Sea. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere.
Palmaria
Island
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Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. With an area of 1.6 square kilometres, it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting from the mainland at Portovenere.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portovenere and Le Grazie.
Portovenere
Village
Photo: Einer flog zu Weit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porto Venere is a town and municipality located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the Province of La Spezia. It has a population of 3,208. It comprises the three villages of Fezzano, Le Grazie and Porto Venere, and the three islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto. Portovenere is situated 3 km northwest of San Venerio Lighthouse.
Le Grazie
Village
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Le Grazie is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of San Venerio Lighthouse.
Panigaglia LNG terminal
Locality
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Panigaglia LNG terminal is a locality, which is situated 5 km north of San Venerio Lighthouse.
San Venerio Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Portovenere, Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
44.02647° or 44° 1′ 35″ northLongitude
9.84937° or 9° 50′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8FPF2RGX+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 299044661OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12534805Wikidata ID
Q431403
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“San Venerio Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Isola del Tino vuurtoren”
- Dutch: “San Venerio vuurtoren”
- French: “phare de San Venerio”
- French: “Phare de San Venerio”
- German: “Leuchtturm San Venerio”
- Italian: “Faro di San Venerio”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska San Venerio”
- Spanish: “Faro de San Venerio”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Venerio Lighthouse”. Photo: Alle, CC BY-SA 2.0.