Genoa lighthouse: sketch plan of lamp floor showing lenses and reflectors
Artist/Photographer | Parke, Henry (1790-1835) |
Country | Italy |
City | Genoa |
Subject Date | 1543 |
Image Date | 1822 |
View | Plan |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SB83/25 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Lighthouses |
NOTES: The lighthouse (also known as 'La Lanterna') was rebuilt in 1543 on the site of an earlier lighthouse dating from around 1128. This plan shows the system in use before it was replaced by a rotating Fresnel lens inaugurated in January of 1841.
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