Farol de D. Maria Pia

Dona Maria Pia Lighthouse
Farol de Dona Maria Pia
Farol da Ponta Temerosa

Dona Maria Pia Lighthouse
Cape Verde
Location Ponta Temerosa
Praia
Santiago
Cape Verde
Coordinates 14°54′1.5″N 23°30′32.6″W / 14.900417°N 23.509056°W / 14.900417; -23.509056Coordinates: 14°54′1.5″N 23°30′32.6″W / 14.900417°N 23.509056°W / 14.900417; -23.509056
Year first constructed 1881
Foundation concrete base
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper’s house
Markings / pattern white tower, grey lantern rooof
Height 21 metres (69 ft)[1]
Focal height 25 metres (82 ft)[1]
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl (2) W 6s. [1]
Admiralty number D2876[2]
NGA number 24204[2]
ARLHS number CAP-003[3]
Cape Verde number PT-2136[2]

Farol de Dona Maria Pia, better known as the Farol da Ponta Temerosa or Farol da Praia is a lighthouse in the southern point of the island of Santiago in northeastern Cape Verde approximately 3.5 km southeast of the capital city of Praia inside the neighborhood of Prainha where much of the foreign embassies are located. It marks the limits of Praia Harbor with the rest of the Atlantic, the limits extends to Ponta do Porto (de Visconde) and northeast to Ponta das Bicudas. The western entrance of the Port of Praia is to the west, it is connected with a small road linking the ferry portion of the port.

History

The lighthouse was built in 1881 and its early etymology was after Maria Pia of Savoy, queen of Portugal at the time, one of the last Portuguese queens, the other is after its nearest promontory to downtown Praia, Ponta Temerosa situated on the tiny head known as Lazareto, its height is 21 m and is built at around 10 m above sea level. Northwest of the lighthouse is the Seminary of Sāo José (Saint Joseph). Since the 1980s and the 1990s, houses and buildings dominated the area within the cape and the entire area is the urban area of the south of Praia and is the southernmost extremity of the city and the urban area, it is being in the subdivision of Prainha.

The lighthouse tower has an octagonal lantern and a gallery, with a building connecting the land. Its structure is painted black,[4] it also has a grey coloured door. The lighthouse is used for navigational purpose and is open to the public though the tower is closed today. The main reason is that the city lights and its lights by the harbor light up the harbor and its vicinity today.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Praia/Farol d. Maria Pia/Ponta Temerosa (Sao Tiago) Light". ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL). ARLHS. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Russ Rowlett (June 9, 2010). "Praia (Farol D. Maria Pia, Ponta Temerosa)". The Lighthouse Directory. UNC at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 11, 2010.

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