The Genoese Lighthouse (Farul Genovez) is a historic lighthouse on the Casino Promenade in Constanța, built in 1860-1861 under engineer Artin Aslan. Despite its name, the present structure is a 19th-century lighthouse built on a site where an earlier beacon is thought to have served ships during the period of Genoese trade on the Black Sea.
The lighthouse was constructed while the British Danube & Black Sea Railway and Kustendje Harbour Company was developing the railway and port at Ottoman Kustendje, the former name of Constanța. Its light guided ships approaching the harbor for more than half a century, during a period when the town was being transformed from a small Ottoman port into a major commercial center.
The compact tower rises a little over 12 meters from its stepped base. Its lower section is rectangular, while the upper part becomes octagonal and ends beneath the metal housing of the former lamp. Inside, a stone spiral staircase climbs through the cylindrical interior to the lantern level.
The lighthouse operated from 1860 until 1913, when its navigational role was taken over by the newer Carol I Lighthouse in Constanța Port. The old tower was then taken out of service, preserving its 19th-century appearance as the waterfront around it continued to develop.
