Vada Shoal Lighthouse ( it, Faro delle Secche di Vada) is an active
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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, located circa offshore
Vada
Vada or Vayda may refer to:
People
*Gunnar Vada (1927–2018), Norwegian politician
*Vada Nobles, American record producer
*Vada Pinson (1938–1995), American baseball player
*Vada Sultenfuss, fictional character in the 1991 film ''My Girl''
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on the
Ligurian Sea
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, in order to signalling the presence of the shoals. The Lighthouse belong to the municipal area of
Rosignano Marittimo
Rosignano Marittimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Livorno.
Geography
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.
Description
The lighthouse, built in 1868, reconstructed in 1959 and restored in 2008, consists of a masonry cylindrical tower, high, painted black with a red central horizontal band. The tower, settled on a wide concrete jetty encircled by
riprap
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, has the lantern on the top, the lantern dome is painted grey metallic.
The light is positioned at
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
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and emits
two white flashes in a 10 seconds period, visible up to a distance of . The lighthouse is completely automated, powered by a
solar unit, and managed by the
Marina Militare
"Fatherland and Honour"
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with the identification code number 1975 E.F.
See also
* List of lighthouses in Italy
The following is a list of active lighthouses in Italy, sorted by region.
Abruzzo
This is a list of lighthouses in Abruzzo.
Apulia
This is a list of lighthouses in Apulia.
Calabria
This is a list of lighthouses in Calabria.
Campania
...
References
External links
Servizio Fari Marina Militare
Lighthouses in Italy
Buildings and structures in Tuscany
Lighthouses in Tuscany
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