This lighthouse serves as a landfall light for ships approaching the Strait from the north. The lighthouse is actually built on a terrace on the seaward side of the 16th century Castello di Scilla, more properly called the Castello Ruffo di Calabria. Located on a steep promontory on the east side of the northern entrance to the Strait of Messina. ARLHS # ITA-050
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