Mallorca Top Sightseeing
Faro de Capdepera
Viewpoint | CapdeperaIt was designed by Emili Pou. It began to illuminate with a fixed optic and a rotating external part of 6 red lenses. The luminous appearance was of white light varied by red flashes every 2 minutes. It used an oil moderator lamp for 3rd order lighthouse. It was inaugurated on 30-11-1861. In 1899, due to the problems caused by humidity in the building, the roof was replaced by a gabled tile roof. In 1912 a 55 mm oil vapor incandescent Chance lamp was installed, keeping the same optical apparatus and luminous characteristic. A two-wick Chance lamp was used as an auxiliary. In 1924 the original optic was replaced by another one with a mercury float for the five external rotating lenses and a fixed catadioptric part, its appearance was of fixed light varied by groups of 3+2 white flashes. This optic can be contemplated nowadays in the Exhibition of Maritime Signals of the lighthouse of Portopí. In 1969 the lighting system was electrified, keeping the fixed part of the optic but removing the external rotating lenses that were coupled to the rotation mechanism. The intermittence would now be produced by an electric flashing lamp. In 1971 a horizon optic was installed. Due to the strong winds that frequently punish this area of the Balearic Islands, during the second half of the XIX century there were many occasions in which the lighthouse keepers had to help the victims of shipwrecks that occurred in its vicinity, being decorated in one occasion with the Cross of Charity by the Government of Spain in 1869, as a result of a strong storm that caused several misfortunes in the area.
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| Address: | Carrer Leonor Servera, Capdepera Mallorca |
| Neighborhood: | Capdepera |
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Espectacular...
Really really nice!!! I bet you to visit it! The nature is stunning.
Buenas vistas!lo malo para entrar al mirador de la imgen se tiene que pagar 4€ por persona
sehr schöne Aussicht über Cala Radjada