Far de Capdepera
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| Place: | Capdepera | |
| Location: | Punta de Capdepera | |
| Geographical location: | 39 ° 42 '55.7 " N , 3 ° 28' 39.9" E | |
| Height of tower base: | 55 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 76 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (2 + 3) W.20s : 2 + 3 flashes every 20 s | |
| Scope knows: | 20 nm (37 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | electric | |
| Function: | lighthouse | |
| Construction time: | 1861 | |
| International ordinal number: | E 0308 | |
The Far de Capdepera is a lighthouse on the northeast coast of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca . It is one of five of Mallorca's 15 lighthouses that are still in operation . The tower is registered under the international number E-0308 and the national ID 33350 and irradiates a sector from 148 to 10 degrees .
The lighthouse, built by the Spanish engineer Emili Pou y Bonet , is located near the easternmost point of the island and belongs to the area of the municipality of Capdepera . Inland, the towns of Cala Rajada and Cala Agulla, which also belong to the municipality of Capdepera, join to the west .
The tower stands on the Punta de Capdepera on a hill about 55 meters above sea level and has a height of 21 meters. Its beacon is 76 meters high and has a range of 20 nautical miles . The lighthouse was built in 1861 and put into operation on November 30th.
A little northwest of the lighthouse is the historic watchtower Torre Esbucada .
Far de Capdepera in literature
The German writer Karl Otten , who lived in Cala Rajada from 1933 to 1936, wrote the short story The Lighthouse , which refers to the lighthouse , albeit with the place name Pueblo instead of Cala Rajada . The story describes the living conditions of the lighthouse keeper Miguel and his wife Conchita and their six children, and the lighthouse is the only attraction in Cala Rajada. The local population is amazed at the enthusiasm of foreign guests for the tower and its view. The short story ultimately deals with the beginning of tourism in the region. The lighthouse keeper earns extra income by carrying tourists up the steep stairs of the tower. In the story, a tourist has an accident in the tower who is accidentally pulled up by the lighthouse keeper with a weight for the operation of the tower. An American tourist is pushed down a cliff by the lover of the lighthouse keeper's wife. However, both casualties survive.
Web links
- Cabo de Pera, Mallorca, Far de Capdepera, Cala Ratjada, Spain. www.leuchtturm-web.de, December 7, 2000, accessed on August 24, 2014 .
- 33350 - Faro Capdepera. ( Memento of June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on: www.puertos.es (Spanish)
- Capdepera lighthouse. www.farsdebalears.com, accessed October 24, 2018 .
- Capdepera. www.portsdebalears.com, accessed August 24, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lighthouses on Mallorca , accessed on August 27, 2014.
- ↑ E-0308 Faro de Capdepera. www.masmar.net, October 6, 2009, accessed March 16, 2015 (Spanish).
- ↑ farsdebalears.org: History of Capdepera Lighthouse ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 27, 2014.
- ^ List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, The Mediterranian Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF; 3.3 MB), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia, 2016, p. 93
- ↑ Karl Otten: The lighthouse. In: Stories from Cala Ratjada. Travel books, Eutin 2013, ISBN 978-1-4937-1545-9 , p. 25 ff.
