Punta Palau Lighthouse
Punta Palau Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the northern extremity of a granite promontory where, shaped by time, appears a natural sculpture that looks like a bear, symbol of Palau in front of the Maddalena archipelago on the Tyrrhenian Sea.Photo: Pjt56, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Italy
- Also known as: “Faro di Punta Palau” and “Punta Palau lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palau Marina train station and Palau railway station.
Palau Marina train station
Railway station
Photo: Gunnar1m, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palau Marina train station is a railway station, which is situated 780 metres southeast of Punta Palau Lighthouse.
Palau railway station
Railway station
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palau railway station is situated 1 km south of Punta Palau Lighthouse.
Nostra Signora delle Grazie
Church
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nostra Signora delle Grazie is a church, which is situated 770 metres south of Punta Palau Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palau and La Maddalena.
Palau
Village
Photo: Awd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palau is a comune in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, in the Italian region of Sardinia, about 220 kilometres north of Cagliari and about 30 kilometres northwest of Olbia.
La Maddalena
Town
La Maddalena is a town and comune located on the islands of the Maddalena archipelago in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, northern Sardinia, Italy. La Maddalena is situated 3½ km northeast of Punta Palau Lighthouse.
Porto Pollo
Hamlet
Photo: brunobarbato, CC BY 3.0.
Porto Pollo is an Italian località, in the comune of Palau, on the northern Sardinian shore in the province of Sassari. It is named after the natural harbour just east of the baia di levante, east of Isuledda. The bay is known for watersports. Porto Pollo is situated 5 km west of Punta Palau Lighthouse.
Punta Palau Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Palau, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.18752° or 41° 11′ 15″ northLongitude
9.38114° or 9° 22′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8FHF59QJ+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1327347088OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28376063
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In Other Languages
“Punta Palau Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Punta Palau”
- French: “Phare de Punta Palau”
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