Cape Misenum
Capo Miseno Lightouse
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 Campania
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| Location | Capo Miseno Bacoli Campania Italy |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′41.71″N 14°05′20.19″E / 40.7782528°N 14.0889417°E |
| Year first constructed | 1856 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1950s (current) |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to the seaward corner of a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower |
| Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Focal height | 80 metres (260 ft) |
| Current lens | type L2 |
| Range | main: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) reserve: 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
| Admiralty number | E1620 |
| NGA number | 9380 |
| ARLHS number | ITA-027 |
| Italy number | 2402 E.F. |
| Managing agent |
Marina Militare |
Marina Militare
Cape Miseno (Italian: Capo Miseno, Latin: Misenum, Ancient Greek: Μισήνον) is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Bay of Pozzuoli in southern Italy. The cape is directly across from the island of Procida and is named for Misenus, a character in Virgil's Aeneid.
Historically, the cape was important to the Romans since it was a natural shelter for passage into the inner harbor of Portus Julius, the home port for the Roman western imperial fleet. Mythologically, important sections of the Aeneid play out in the Gulf of Naples: This is where Aeneas' comrade, Misenus, master of the sea-horn — the conch-shell — made "the waves ring" with his music and challenged the sea-god Triton to musical battle. He was dashed into the sea and killed by "jealous Triton". Then:
Coordinates: 40°46′40″N 14°05′22″E / 40.77771°N 14.08941°E
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