Lanterna of Genoa

Liguria · Italy

Lanterna of Genoa, Italy
Photo: Tassiano Daniele, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Spring through autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This towering medieval lighthouse is the symbol of Genoa and among the oldest still in operation anywhere. Rebuilt in the early 16th century, it has guided ships into the port for more than four hundred years.

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