Faro di Capo Colonna

Calabria · Italy

Faro di Capo Colonna, Italy
Photo: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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This Calabrian lighthouse stands beside the lone surviving column of an ancient Greek temple to Hera on the Ionian coast. The pairing of classical ruin and working beacon draws visitors to the windswept promontory.

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