The Genoese Lighthouse in Constanta 3D print model

The Genoese lighthouse near the Casino Cliff in Constanța is one of the well-known historical monuments of the city and one of its symbols.

Built from stone blocks carved by the French engineer of Armenian origin, Artin Aslan, between 1858-1860, the 8.75m tall Genovese Lighthouse is shaped like an octagonal prism placed on a rectangular base and is decorated with an elegant cornice with consoles. The Genovese Lighthouse guided ships at sea for over five decades, until its task was taken over by the newly built King Charles I Lighthouse at the end of the pier in Constanța Port.

The Genovese lighthouse was commissioned by the English company Danube & Black Sea Railway which also built the Cernavodă-Constanța railway, the first railway in Dobrogea, respectively in the Ottoman Empire of which the province was a part at the time.