Faro di Punta Tagliamento

The lighthouse is located on the right bank of the mouth of the Tagliamento River, nestled in the nature reserve of Punta Tagliamento, and it can be reached on foot or by bicycle.
Coordinates: 45° 38‘ 11’‘ N - 13° 5’ 51‘’ E
Built in 1913, it was destroyed by bombing in 1917 during World War I, but it was immediately rebuilt. Under the jurisdiction of the Royal Italian Navy, it was permanently garrisoned for over fifty years by a detachment of the Italian Navy, since its construction and use were intended for capillary monitoring of the stretch of sea between Venice and Trieste.
In 1944-45, the lighthouse was requisitioned by the German occupying troops, and between the end of April 1945, dozens of Wermacht and Kriegsmarine ships loaded with soldiers landed in Punta Tagliamento as they fled the coasts of Yugoslavia, attracted by the lights seen in the distance.
The lighthouse was also requisitioned by the British Army from June 1945 until summer 1946. During the same period, the tower and the building offered shelter to dozens of San Michele al Tagliamento residents whose homes had been razed to the ground by the bombings.
Beginning in 1950s, the Bibione Lighthouse became a true strategic sighting post, because it was the last coastal militarised site and maritime observation point before the nearby Yugoslavian border.
In 1952 the plant was electrified and in 1973 it was fully automated.
The complex consists of 22-metre high white concrete tower adjacent to a two-storey house, which was completely restored in June 2015 to be used in part to house a museum and cultural events. Currently active and fully automated with a range of 15 nautical miles. It is operated by the Italian Navy and it hosts various types of events (musical, artistic, scientific).
The Bibione Lighthouse is home to a civil registrar's office where it is possible to celebrate marriages.
Its location near the Tagliamento River mouth creates a unique mosaic of different types of landscapes: woods, the pines, the dunes, backdune depressions, wetlands, the river, reedbeds and the beach. There are many Black Austrian pines, as well as shrubs and grasses that flourish in the underbrush (fairy flax, various species of orchid, bluebells, heather, snowdrops amongst others.