Faro de la Mola

Viewpoint | Andratx

Although there was a first project by Emili Pou to install a 6th order lighthouse in this enclave, it did not materialize until much later, when a simple automated light was installed by means of a solar valve and acetylene gas flashers of the "naked flame" type. It was inaugurated on September 1, 1974 with a typical 350 mm diopter optic. The project was drafted by Rafael Soler. As the lighthouses on the island of Dragonera were also automated, both these and the Mola de Andratx lighthouse became part of the group of lighthouses whose technicians in charge lived in Puerto de Andratx, in some houses near the red beacon at the entrance to the port, which also belonged to the group of lights they had to attend to. It belongs to the first generation of lighthouses that were built without houses for the lighthouse keepers, although there were already quite a few automated beacons since the second decade of the 20th century. The urban pressure to which the area is subjected, has motivated that it is raised for a near future the necessary reforms that guarantee the reach and luminous coverage established for this signal.