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Faro de Maspalomas

San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria - Sur, Las Palmas

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Faro de Maspalomas

Monument · San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria - Sur, Las Palmas

Lighthouse designed by the engineer Juan de León y Castillo, commissioned in 1884; work was completed in 1889 and the lighthouse gave its first flash on 1 February 1890. Its truncated conical tower reaches 54.70 meters (60 with the lantern). Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's top heritage-protection category) in the monument category in 2005, it reopened to the public in 2019 as an ethnographic center after a decade closed.

obra concluida en 1889, encendido el 1 de febrero de 1890

Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) (CC BY 3.0)

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