Faro Castillo del Morro | |
Location: | Havana Cuba |
Coordinates: | 23.1502°N -82.3572°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1764 (first) 1818 (second) |
Yearlit: | 1845 (current) |
Foundation: | 1764 |
Construction: | stone masonry tower |
Shape: | culindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | unpainted stone tower, grey lantern |
Characteristic: | Fl (2) W 15s. |
Managingagent: | Parque Histórico Militar El Morro |
Faro Castillo del Morro is a lighthouse located in Havana, Cuba. It was built in 1845 on the ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, an old fortress guarding the harbor of Havana. The lighthouse has a height of, a focal height of and displays two white flashes every 15 seconds (Fl.(2) 15s).
This lighthouse was built in 1845 taking the place of the previous lighthouse system of 1820 with a twentyfour meter range. The lighhouse system was bought in the French Industrial Exposition of 1844, has sixteen lenses and a thirty three meter range.[1] This was the first of the over ten lighthouse built during the last decades of the capitancy general of Cuba period.