La Rocchetta Lighthouse
La Rocchetta Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the southern part of the promontory of Piombino overlooking the Piombino Channel which separates the Elba from the mainland.Photo: TheFeanor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: lighthouse in Italy
- Also known as: “Faro della Rocchetta”, “Faro di Piombino”, “Piombino”, “Piombino lighthouse”, and “Piombino Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palazzo Appiani and Palazzo Comunale.
Palazzo Appiani
Museum
Palazzo Appiani is a museum, which is situated 180 metres north of La Rocchetta Lighthouse.
Palazzo Comunale
Public building
Palazzo Comunale is a public building, which is situated 260 metres northeast of La Rocchetta Lighthouse.
Casa delle Bifore
Historic building
Photo: Prof.Quatermass, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casa delle Bifore is a historic building, which is situated 270 metres northeast of La Rocchetta Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piombino and Salivoli.
Piombino
Town
Photo: Roby 1908, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piombino is an Italian town and comune of about 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno, southern Tuscany. It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma.
Salivoli
Suburb
Photo: Digitalsignal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salivoli is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km northwest of La Rocchetta Lighthouse.
Fiorentina
Village
Fiorentina is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Piombino, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 176. Fiorentina is about 75 km from Livorno and 4 km from Piombino. Fiorentina is situated 5 km north of La Rocchetta Lighthouse.
La Rocchetta Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse and building
- Location: Piombino, Livorno, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.91991° or 42° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
10.52533° or 10° 31′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8FJGWG9G+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 331279063OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q16555278
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“La Rocchetta Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de La Rocchetta”
- French: “Phare de La Rocchetta”
- Italian: “Faro di Piombino”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Boviòs and Palazzo Appiani.
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