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La Marina Lighthouse

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Location
  
Miraflores Lima Peru

Foundation
  
concrete

Height
  
22 m

Range
  
33,336 m

Year first constructed
  
1900

Year first lit
  
1972 (relocated)

Construction
  
metal tower

Opened
  
1900

Focal height
  
108 m

La Marina Lighthouse

Tower shape
  
cylindrical tower with gallery and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
blue navy painted with two white horizontal bands, blue lantern

Address
  
Malecón Cisneros 18, Miraflores Lima 18, Peru

Hours
  
Open today · Open 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hours

Similar
  
Antonio Raimondi Park, Parque Maria Reiche, Huaca Pucllana, Parque del Amor, Reducto No 2 Park

Lima meetup tuesday may 24th 5 00 pm at faro la marina lighthouse


La Marina Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro la Marina) is an active lighthouse set in parkland on high cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, in Miraflores a district of Lima, the capital of Peru. It is one of the most famous and visited lighthouses in the country.

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History

The lighthouse was originally constructed in 1900 at Punta Coles, a headland near Ilo, but in 1973 it was dismantled and reconstructed in Miraflores. It is situated in the appropriately named Parque el Faro, one of a number of popular parks above the cliffs in the city, which commemorates a century of Peruvian navigation.

It consists of an 22 metres (72 ft) iron tower, with a gallery and lantern, painted a very dark blue, with two white bands.

With a focal height of 108 metres (354 ft) above the sea, its light can be seen for 18 nautical miles, and consists of a pattern of three flashes of white light, over a period of fifteen seconds.

References

La Marina Lighthouse Wikipedia