Punta Almina Lighthouse
Lighthouse in the autonomous city of Ceuta, Spain
Lighthouse
35°53′54″N 05°16′50″W / 35.89833°N 5.28056°W / 35.89833; -5.28056
The Punta Almina Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta Almina) is a lighthouse in the Peninsula of Almina of the autonomous city of Ceuta, Spain.
History
It was designed by Juan Martínez de la Villa in 1851, at a cost of 462,000 reales, which were partly borne by the Dukes of Montpensier (Infanta Luisa Fernanda and Antoine d'Orléans), promoters of the work that was inaugurated on 1 December 1855. The building is made of masonry and the white cylindrical tower. The optics is of fast turn on mercury float, of the house Henry Lepaute, that is the one that at the moment is in service. The focal height is located at 145.17 m above sea level, with a range of 22 nautical miles.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Reseña histórica del Faro de Punta de Almina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Faros de España. Madrid: Ed. Puertos del Estado. 2003. ISBN 84-88975-37-6.
- ^ "Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina. Libros de faros y señales de niebla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Sánchez Beitia, Santiago; Grzeszczyk, Marek (2017). Catálogo de faros con valor patrimonial en España (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España. pp. 270–275. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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