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World Aids to Navigation Day: This is how the highest lighthouse in Spain was built today

The Chipiona lighthouse (Cadiz) was inaugurated some 150 years ago and has just undergone an extensive sanitation operation

The Chipiona lighthouse is considered the tallest in Spain, 69 meters high from the base.Climb 344 steps (according to the data of the Diputacion, although other sources count 322) to see the landscape from above. It is also one of the highest in the world currently operating.Since its inauguration has never it has stopped working, except in 1898 during the war of Cuba and in the Civil War , when it was three years off.Its mission: indicate the entrance of the Guadalquivir river.

Every fifteen years, the lighthouse undergoes sanitation work to repair the damage caused by ultraviolet rays, the saline environment and the rains.This spring has passed that exam , so now you are ready for a magazine.

World Aids to Navigation Day: This is how the highest lighthouse in Spain was built today

Image of the fato of Chipiona-Turismo de Cadiz

Historians say that the Romans already built a powerful lighthouse in Caepionis, today Chipiona, to warn the navigators who sought to trace the Betis river from the dangerous reefs of Salmedina.Centuries later, the Chipiona lighthouse is one of the main signs of identity of the town of Cádiz .Its inhabitants feel very identified with monument, for what it represents historically and for the excellent architectural work that the engineer Jaime Font Esco The made in 1863.

World Aids to Navigation Day: This is how the highest lighthouse in Spain was built today

Chipiona Lighthouse, which recently turned 150 years-Cadiz Tourism

The lighthouse is nestled between the Punta del Perro and the Salmedina Reef of Chipiona, a rocky enclave, signaling the entrance to the river Guadalquivir towards Seville and constitutes a unique icon.The first lighthouse project as it is known today dates from 1857 and was carried out by Eduardo Saavedra.The project was retouched until the then Ministry of Ports and Channels I approve the final version in 1862, signed by Jaime Font.

Its first stone was laid on April 30 of the following year, and its construction was delayed for four years.The material used for its construction was Oyster stone from Chipiona and Rota , slabs from Tarifa and materials from Sierra Carbonera, among the municipalities ios de San Roque and La Linea.

Its tower (fuste) is hollow with a spiral staircase and is inspired by the Roman memorial columns.Inside it has three houses for the fareros, around a courtyard with cistern.

On November 28, 1867 it was lit for the first time, and was definitively received on June 21, 1869.At present, the light beam reaches 25 nautical miles , emitting flashes every 10 seconds. 8203;

To know the lighthouse it is essential to book at the tourist office of Chipiona (956-929065).

On July 1, the World Aid Day is celebrated the Navigation .Spana, chosen by IALA, will host the central events.

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