Lanterna of Genoa

Why go

The Lanterna is the lighthouse of the port of Genoa; the city museums' page says it was built in its present form in 1543, after the old lighthouse was destroyed in 1514, and that over the centuries it served as a signal tower, an armed guard post and a prison. The Museo della Lanterna belongs to Mu.MA, Genoa's maritime and migration museums: the visit follows a path to the lighthouse, continues through an open-air park beside the 17th-century fortifications and the Porta Nuova della Lanterna, and reaches the museum inside the fortifications at the foot of the lighthouse. The same page says visitors may climb only as far as the first terrace, and that the extra ticket for the lighthouse cannot be bought online, only at the on-site ticket office. It also says the museum closes, and scheduled events are cancelled, under an orange or red hydrogeological alert or strong storm winds.