Punta Pezzo Lighthouse
Punta Pezzo Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Punta Pezzo, the closest point of Calabria to Sicily.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Italy
- Also known as: “Faro di Punta Pezzo” and “Punta Pezzo lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa San Giovanni railway station and Villa San Giovanni-Cannitello railway station.
Villa San Giovanni railway station
Railway station
Photo: Coclea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa San Giovanni railway station is the main railway station serving the town and comune of Villa San Giovanni, in the region of Calabria, southern Italy. Villa San Giovanni railway station is situated 1½ km south of Punta Pezzo Lighthouse.
Villa San Giovanni-Cannitello railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Emanu37429, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villa San Giovanni-Cannitello railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 1½ km east of Punta Pezzo Lighthouse.
Lago di Ganzirri
Nature reserve
Photo: Gallant g, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lago di Ganzirri is a lake in the Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. At an elevation of 1 m, its surface area is.338 km2. Lago di Ganzirri is situated 3½ km northwest of Punta Pezzo Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pezzo and Punta Pezzo.
Punta Pezzo
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Punta Pezzo is a point in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. It is the closest point in Calabria to Sicily and the northernmost point of the Calabrian side of the Strait of Messina, lying on the northern channel.
Piale
Hamlet
Photo: Villese92, Public domain.
Villa San Giovanni is a port city and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria of Calabria, Italy. In 2010 its population was 13,747 with a decrease of 2.5% until 2016 and in 2020 an increase of 3.7%.
Punta Pezzo Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Calabria, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.23107° or 38° 13′ 52″ northLongitude
15.6366° or 15° 38′ 12″ eastHeight
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8FCQ6JJP+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 556804163OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q16555284
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“Punta Pezzo Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Punta Pezzo”
- French: “Phare de Punta Pezzo”
- Italian: “Faro di Punta Pezzo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chiesa di Maria Santissima delle Grazie in Pezzo and Villa San Giovanni Porto Turistico.
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