Sines Lighthouse
Sines, Portugal
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Located at Cabo de Sines in Portugal's Setúbal District, the Sines Lighthouse is a white cylindrical stone tower that has served maritime navigation since its completion in April 1880. Built as part of a comprehensive lighthouse plan developed by Francisco Maria Pereira da Silva in 1866, the original 22-metre structure initially comprised two adjoining buildings and a tower equipped with a second-order optical device fueled by oil vapour. The lighthouse underwent significant modernization in 1915 when a rotating Fresnel lens replaced the original device, and again in 1948 when electric lamps and a radio beacon were installed. Following renovation work that began in 1992, the tower was heightened to its current 28 metres and fitted with a fourth-order Fresnel device. The lantern and original optical equipment are now preserved in the Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum in Cascais. Though recognized as cultural heritage, the lighthouse currently lacks legal protection status.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse, cultural heritage
- Materials
- stone
- Heritage
- heritage without legal protection
- Height
- 28 m
- Place
- Sines, Portugal
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