Lighthouses in the coast of Cartagena (Spain)

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Stop At: El Faro de Cabo de Palos, Calle Faro de, 1, 30370 Cabo de Palos, Municipality of Cartagena Spain

The lighthouse of Cabo de Palos. The building has in its plant the shape of a square, with sides of 20 meters in length. It comprises two floors, and the height of the building to the top of the parapet is 11.60 meters. The tower is located in the center and consists first of a prism of 12.50 meters in height. In the upper part and at the height of 43 meters high we find the capital of the tower and a large molding formed by a very salient ledge supported by 16 corbels. Above the cornice rises a tower of 2.20 by 3.20 meters. The focal plane of the lighthouse has a height of 51 meters above ground and 81 meters above sea level. It emits a white light in groups of 2 flashes every 10 seconds, and has a nominal nocturnal range of 23 nautical miles.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Sierra minera de Cartagena-La Union, 30364 Portman Spain

The Faro de Portman is located on a promontory located in the east of the Portman cove. It is composed of a rectangular building and a white cylindrical tower with a height of 8 meters reaching the focal plane a height of 49 meters above sea level. It is completely automated. It projects white light, has a period of 3.5 seconds, with a light of 2.5 seconds and a concealment of 1 second. Its nominal nocturnal range is 13 nautical miles.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Faro de Navidad, Pasaje del Faro Navidad 1, 30394 Cartagena, Municipality of Cartagena Spain

Lighthouse of San Pedro, of the Curra or Green Lighthouse, due to the color of its dome. Construction of the nineteenth century that is located on the dike of La Curra, at the entrance to the Port of Cartagena next to the Christmas dike. The objective of building this lighthouse was to help the boats to avoid the so-called slab of the port or underwater slab, a gigantic stone of 10,000 cubic meters, stone that ships had to dodge with skill and that caused many problems in the past. The lighthouse is a white and green cylindrical tower 12 meters high with a range of 5 nautical miles.

Lighthouse of the Christmas Dike, or Red Lighthouse, is installed in the Christmas Dyke and is even with the Curra Lighthouse. The two dams and beacons has been built in the nineteenth century at the entrance of the port of Cartagena to avoid the natural obstacle of the slab of the port or underwater slab that exists in the entrance waters and that caused so many shipwrecks. The lighthouse, white and red, like its light, consists of a cylindrical tower 15 meters high with a range of 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilometers).


Duration: 20 minutes