Genoa’s ‘La Lanterna’ is the ‘lighthouse of the yr 2024’

(ANSA) – ROME, JULY 3 – “La Lanterna” of Genoa was awarded the distinguished title of “Lighthouse of the Yr 2024” throughout “Waton day 2024”, a global occasion on security and maritime signaling organized by IALA (Worldwide Affiliation of marine aids to navigation and lighthouse authorities) in collaboration with the Navy. The historic image of the seafaring tradition of the Superba and of Italy is managed and maintained by the Navy via the Nationwide Lighthouse and Signaling Service: the popularity obtained rewards not solely the historic and cultural significance of the Lighthouse, but in addition the basic position performed by the Armed Forces for the protection of maritime navigation. The Lantern, one of many oldest and most iconic lighthouses on this planet, continues to hold out its position of guiding mariners with effectivity and dedication, a “‘residing’ lighthouse – because the director of Lighthouses and Alerts, Captain Angelo Patruno, outlined it – which continues to light up the maritime routes and assure the protection of our seas”. “The popularity actually fills us all with delight – he underlined -. The Lantern represents Italian excellence, a logo of the lengthy maritime custom of our nation. The Navy, custodian of those traditions, has been accountable since 1911 for the administration and upkeep of the Lantern and the Lighthouses and quite a few maritime alerts alongside the whole Italian coast via the Nationwide Lighthouse and Sign Service. Inserted throughout the logistics department of the Armed Forces, the ‘Lighthouse and Signaling Directorate’ operates each day all through the territory because of the work of navy and civilian personnel of the Ministry of Protection, together with the ‘lighthouse keepers’, the primary guarantors of the effectivity of the alerts”. (HANDLE).