Cape Palinuro
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 A view of Capo Palinuro with the lighthouse on the top | |
  Location in Campania | |
| Coordinates: 40°01′35″N 15°16′30″E / 40.02639°N 15.27500°ECoordinates: 40°01′35″N 15°16′30″E / 40.02639°N 15.27500°E |
Cape Palinuro (Italian : Capo Palinuro) is located in southwestern Italy, approximately 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Salerno, in southern part of Cilento region. It is supposedly named after Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Virgil's Aeneid.[1]
Geography[]
Located on the Tyrrhenian Sea, the northern side of the cape is the location of Palinuro, a touristic hamlet of Centola. Southern side faces in the , and is 6 km from Marina di Camerota. It features a lighthouse that is the second highest (70 meters or 230 feet), in all of Italy.
Cape Palinuro
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References[]
- ^ Virgil Aeneid, ed. and trans. Dryden, John Perseus Project Retrieved on 1 February 2011.
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