Name and Location

Svjetionik Rt Verudica (Cape Verudica Lighthouse) is located at Verudela 27, 52100 Pula, Croatia, within the municipality of Grad Pula, Istria County, Croatia. The coordinates are 44°49′59″ N, 13°50′01″ E (WGS 84). It marks the southern tip of the Verudela peninsula, just east of Pula's marina in Istria, Croatia.

2. Construction and History

The Svjetionik Rt Verudica was first lit in 1877 under Austro-Hungarian administration. The lighthouse remains an active navigational aid under the management of the Croatian lighthouse authority Plovput. There is no recorded major shipwreck or wartime damage.

3. Architecture and Materials

The tower is a utilitarian late-19th-century masonry structure, typical of Austro-Hungarian lighthouse design. It is built using local stone and brick with a plaster finish, likely white-washed. The structure consists of a cylindrical tower rising from a single-storey keeper's house (now unoccupied).

4. Light and Navigation

The technical specifications of the light are not publicly available online. Mariners should refer to the latest editions of the Croatian Hydrographic Institute's light lists and notices to mariners for details on height, light characteristic, focal plane, range, and equipment.

5. Accessibility and Visiting

The tower is not open to the public, and the keeper's house is privately owned or unused. Visitors can walk up to the base along the coastal footpath from Verudela resort (approximately 1 km south of Pula city center). There are no formal visitor facilities or guided tours available.

6. Notable Views and Landscape

The surrounding landscape features rocky promontory, fringed by Aleppo pine and Mediterranean scrub, overlooking the Adriatic Sea and the entrance to Pula Bay. The area includes beaches (Punta Verudela Beach), historical forts (Fort Verudela), and nature trails with Mediterranean flora.

7. Anecdotes and Folklore

There are no specific local legends recorded for this lighthouse. However, amateur photographers occasionally visit to capture sunset views over the bay.

8. Technical and Operational Details

The lighthouse is fully automated, with no resident keeper since the late 20th century. It does not have an AIS or radar system in place. The light relies solely on visual signals.

9. Further Information

For more information, visit Plovput's official page at https://www.plovput.hr/pomorska-signalizacija/svjetionici/svjetionik/a/view/id/49.