The Farul Genovez is a slim octagonal stone tower on the eastern tip of the old town peninsula, built in 1860 to mark the entrance to the harbour. The name commemorates the Genoese trading colony established here in the 13th century — Tomis was for a time a node on the long-distance Italian Black Sea trade network — though the lighthouse itself is a Romanian-period structure.
It was decommissioned in 1913 when the larger Carol I lighthouse took over the navigational role. The Genoese tower is now a romantic ruin — closed to climbers, illuminated at night, and serving mostly as a backdrop for wedding photographs. It sits a few minutes' walk east of the Casino along the cliff-top promenade.