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The Lighthouse of Ponta de Sagres (Portuguese: Estação Rádio-Goniométrica/Farolim de Sagres/Farol da Ponta de Sagres), is beacon/lighthouse located along the coastal peninsula of Sagres Point in the civil parish of Sagres, in the Portuguese municipality of the Vila do Bispo.
In 1954, the energy power was converted to acetylene gas and in 1976 the lighthouse was electrified, although gas was still used for the light until 1983. In 1992, the Ponta do Altar lighthouse was automated, using a system supplied by the Gisman company, being then controlled by the Lighthouse of Cabo de São Vicente near Sagres. In 2001, the ...
The modernist-style lighthouse in Póvoa de Varzim, known as the Farol de Regufe. The tallest lighthouse in Portugal, the Farol de Praia da Barra is situated on the coast of Gafanha da Nazaré The original Farol de Cabo Carvoeiro was found inadequate in 1881, and was reconstructed starting in 1886
Sagres Point's location in Continental Portugal The windswept point with the castle.. Sagres Point (Ponta de Sagres, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsaɣɾɨʃ], from the Latin Promontorium Sacrum ‘Holy Promontory’) is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ponta do Altar Lighthouse; Lighthouse of Ponta de Sagres; Lighthouse of Praia da Barra; S. Santa Marta Lighthouse;
Notícias geraes e particulares da Província da Piedade. Da regular observancia de Nº P. S. Francisco, s. ed., s. l. (in Portuguese) Gomes, Mário Varela; Silva, Carlos Tavares da (1987), Delegação Regional do Sul da Secretaria de estado da Cultura, s. l. (ed.), Levantamento Arqueológico do Algarve - Concelho de Vila do Bispo (in Portuguese)
The Farol da Ponta de São Jorge is an active lighthouse located on the north coast of the island of Madeira, Portugal. The lighthouse was built in 1959 on top of a cliff and has a focal height of 271 metres.
Fort São Vicente (Fortaleza de São Vicente in Portuguese) is a military monument in Sagres, in the Algarve region of Portugal. It consists of the remains of a fortification, with a lighthouse inside. [1] It was built in the 16th century to protect a coastal strip and an existing monastery on the site. [1]