Faro de Cabo Mayor
Santander, Spain
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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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The Faro de Cabo Mayor is a stone lighthouse standing thirty meters tall on the coast of Santander, Spain, designed by Felipe Bauzá and completed in 1839. Constructed from stone, this beacon marks a prominent headland and exemplifies the maritime infrastructure developed during Spain's nineteenth-century expansion of coastal navigation aids.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Materials
- stone
- Height
- 30 m
- Place
- Santander, Spain
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