Faro de Cabo Fisterra - Cape Finisterre lighthouse

Faro de Cabo Fisterra - Cape Finisterre lighthouse

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The Lighthouse at the End of the Ancient World
Finisterre lighthouse is located at the top of San Eugenio, close to where the legend lies the ara solis of the Romans, the altar where they performed ceremonies to drive away the fears that made ​​them the place of the End of the World.

It is the oldest lighthouse in the Costa da Morte, opened in June 1853, 10 years after its approval, funded by the surplus of taxes collected by other Spanish lighthouses. It was originally equipped with rotating white light eclipses every 30 "Retro-reflective optical 1 st order and olive oil lamp

It is a stone building and stone covered with rectangular floor and two floors plus a third on the entrance facade. The octagonal tower, 17 meters high, is the focal plane to 143 meters above sea level.

The constant winter fog forced the installation of a siren in 1888, popularly known as "a cow Fisterra" to warn boaters of the danger.

The installation was electrified in 1931, providing the light of a rapidly rotating lens that gave the current feature flashes every 5 "and a range of 23 miles.

A few meters from the beacon, traffic light in the old building, has installed a charming hotel with 5 rooms, called precisely Semaphore, which is the closest thing to a lighthouse that one can stay in Spain.

Access to the lighthouse from the town of Finisterre, about 2 miles away by paved road also passes by the chapel of Santa Maria das Areas, a medieval church that houses the Santo Cristo de Finisterre, and the cemetery, which does not look, designed by César Portela, the architect of the lighthouse of Punta Nariga

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