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Location: Monte Argentario, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

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3. La Feniglia Pine Forest Trail – Porto Ercole Old Town loop from Capalbio

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Farisan

September 26, 2022

The Porto Ercole lighthouse is a maritime lighthouse located in the homonymous locality of the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the eastern side of the Argentario promontory, in the municipal area of Monte Argentario. Electric powered and fixed optic, the light is produced by a 1000 W halogen lamp, with a white and red flash every 7 seconds from a range of 16 nautical miles. The infrastructure is also equipped with a spare 100 W LABI lamp, which comes into operation in case of failure or malfunction of the main one.

The lighthouse, dating back to 1862, was activated by the Navy (at the time Regia Marina) to illuminate the eastern coast of the Argentario promontory. The infrastructure consists of a cylindrical tower in white masonry with an internal gallery, which rises above the bastion that closes the Rocca Aldobrandesca at the north-eastern summit, on the maritime side of the promontory overlooking the town of Porto Ercole.

The top part of the tower, which has a larger diameter than the underlying structure, forms the base of the lantern of the gray metal lantern, with a third-order Fresnel lens.

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Francesco

April 28, 2023

Salitella that is worth facing, fantastic panorama

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Pit

May 4, 2023

perfect place to be and eat well

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Location: Monte Argentario, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

Porto Ercole Lighthouse

1. Spanish Windmill of Orbetello – Porto Ercole Old Town loop from Orbetello-Monte Argentario

2. Spanish Windmill of Orbetello loop from Orbetello-Monte Argentario

3. La Feniglia Pine Forest Trail – Porto Ercole Old Town loop from Capalbio

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