Capo Murro di Porco Lighthouse

Capo Murro di Porco Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at the end of the on the south eastern tip of Sicily in the, municipality of Siracusa on the Ionian Sea.

Description

The lighthouse, built in 1859 under the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, consists of a concrete tapered decagonal tower, high, with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper's house. No longer inhabited but it was recently awarded by the state property agency for development in lighthouse accommodated to the privates, the "Beacon Hope - Lighthouse Resort", founded by the local entrepreneur Sebastian Cortese. The tower and the lantern are white; the lantern dome is grey metallic. The lantern is positioned at above sea level and emits one white flash in a 5 seconds period visible up to a distance of. The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 2910 E.F.
In December 2020, a photo taken by photographer Kevin Saragozza of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in the background of the lighthouse, was chosen as the "Photo of the Day" by NASA for the Astronomy Picture of the Day.