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December 08, 2005
Lighthouses in Italy from Google Earth
In a post at the Google Earth Community in late-August, someone called 'bebop' from Florence, Italy posted an excellent collection of placemarks for lighthouses in Italy 
. He has marked 72 lighthouses and includes photos, details about the lighthouse, and sometimes even links to websites and navigational information about the light's characteristics (color, flash rate, etc.).
I found this collection interesting because in some of the placemarks you can see quite a lot of detail to these lighthouses. Many of the lighthouses have much different shapes to the ones seen in most of the United States. For example, I found one which is shaped to look like a ship's rudder. Can you find it? If so, leave a comment here with the name of the placemark.
Posted by FrankTaylor at December 8, 2005 10:13 AM
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Posted by: Kirk at December 8, 2005 05:30 PM
Wow, there are some beautiful and quite detailed images there. It is still surprising every time I see Google Earth images the level of detail they can get - it is almost scary.
Google Earth live streaming will be next!
Posted by: Rome Accommodation at February 13, 2008 12:05 AM
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[Kirk is the winner! - Frank]
Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia, Brindisi
Date Present Tower Built: 1933.
Date Established: 1984.
Description of Tower: rectangular tower with a sloping wall to represent a rudder.
Tower Height: 53 meters.
Characteristic and Range: 4 flashes every 20 seconds, visible for 17 nautical miles.
Current Use: operational, active aid to navigation.
The tower is the Monument to the Italian Sailor and sometimes it's open to public.