Far de Na Pòpia
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| Place: | Sa Dragonera , Mallorca , Balearic Islands | |
| Location: | on the highest point of the island of Sa Dragonera off the western tip of Mallorca | |
| Geographical location: | 39 ° 35 '10.9 " N , 2 ° 19' 1.7" E | |
| Height of tower base: | 353 msnm | |
| Fire carrier height : | 12 m | |
| Fire height : | 363 m | |
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| Identifier : | deleted (1910) | |
| Construction time: | 1850-1852 | |
| Operating time: | 1852-1910 | |
The Far de Na Pòpia is a lighthouse on the island of Sa Dragonera , which lies off the western tip of the Balearic island of Mallorca and belongs to the municipality of Andratx . It is Spain's lighthouse with the highest fire height, but was already decommissioned in 1910 and is now only in ruins.
History and structure
In 1847 the general plan for lighting the Spanish coasts was adopted, which envisaged the construction of 126 lighthouses. The construction of the Far de Na Pòpia on Sa Dragonera was carried out according to a design by Antonio López y Montalvo, confirmed in August 1850. The engineer chose the highest point on the island at 353 m, where the Talaia de na Guinavera defense tower had stood since the end of the 16th century . This makes it the highest lighthouse in Spain to this day. From September 1850 to March 1851, mainly prisoners built the 4.5 km long path from the natural harbor of Cala Lladó to Na Pòpia. The construction of the lighthouse and its outbuildings took about a year. On March 20, 1852 it started operations.
The Far de Na Pòpia was equipped with a permanently installed third-order catadioptric optics with three vertical rotating lenses and operated with olive oil . Its beacon was a fixed fire with lightning bolts every 2 minutes. It soon turned out that the location was not well chosen. Especially in weather conditions that made its light urgently necessary, clouds or fog often covered the Na Pòpia. Finally, the decision was made to replace the Far de Na Pòpia with two lower lighthouses, the Far de Llebeig on the southwest tip and the Far de Tramuntana on the northeast tip of Sa Dragonera. On November 15, 1910, he ceased operations. Miguel Sancho Gili, his last lighthouse keeper, worked on the Far de Llebeig until 1916. The optics were expanded and taken to the coast of Valencia .
Adapting to the steep location, the buildings of the Far de Na Pòpia extend over several levels. In addition to residential buildings for the families of the lighthouse keepers, there are outbuildings that were used to accommodate the necessary equipment and provisions. The former 12 m high tower is cylindrical in shape and, like the other buildings, made of limestone blocks. Today nothing remains of his gallery and the lantern. The path from 1850 is in good condition and a popular hiking trail in the Sa Dragonera Natural Park. Entering the entire facility is prohibited for safety reasons.
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Spain: Mallorca and Menorca ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e Na Pòpia lighthouse (out of order) on the Baleares Lighthouses website , accessed on October 25, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Javier Pérez de Arévalo, Rif Spahni: Els fars de sa Dragonera (PDF; 37.1 MB). Ports de Balears, Lunwerg, 2017. ISBN 978-84-08-17470-7 , accessed October 25, 2018 (Catalan / Spanish)
- ↑ Dragonera: On the smugglers' island . MallorcaZeitung, accessed on October 26, 2018.