Telemetry Tower Hermada

Telemetry Tower Hermada is a tower in Cavallino-Treporti, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto. Telemetry Tower Hermada is situated nearby to the village Punta Sabbioni, as well as near Marina di Lio Grando Srl.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Treporti and Batteria Amalfi.

Fort Treporti

Fort

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Fort Treporti is situated 790 metres north of Telemetry Tower Hermada.

Batteria Amalfi

Bunker

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Batteria Amalfi is a bunker, which is situated 1 km east of Telemetry Tower Hermada.

Punta Sabbioni Ferry

Station

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Punta Sabbioni Ferry is a station, which is situated 1 km west of Telemetry Tower Hermada.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Punta Sabbioni and Treporti.

Punta Sabbioni is a hamlet in the municipality of Cavallino-Treporti, near Venice, Italy. It is located at the southern end of Cavallino, a peninsula which separates the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea.

Treporti

Village

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Treporti is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Telemetry Tower Hermada.

Port of Lido

Locality

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Port of Lido is a locality, which is situated 3 km south of Telemetry Tower Hermada.

Telemetry Tower Hermada

Type: Tower
Description: The task of the tower was the calculation of the distance between the cannon and the target (often an enemy ship or a fortified post). Since radar did not exist at the time, everything was based on optics and trigonometry.
Categories: fire control tower, building, historic site, and military installation
Location: Cavallino-Treporti, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

45.44872° or 45° 26′ 55″ north

Longitude

12.43491° or 12° 26′ 6″ east

Open location code

8FQJCCXM+FX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 176999196

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

military=abandoned

Wikidata ID

Q137821350

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From German to Italian—“Telemetry Tower Hermada” goes by many names.

German: “Entfernungsmessturm Via Hermada”
German: “Feuerleitturm Via Hermada”
German: “Telemetrieturm Via Hermada”
Italian: “Torre Telemetrica Via Hermada”
“Torre Telemetrica Via Hermada”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marina di Lio Grando Srl and IAT Punta Sabbioni.

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