Tower of Hercules
The Tower of Hercules is the oldest known extant Roman lighthouse. Built in the 1st century, the tower is located on a peninsula about 2.4 km from the center of A Coruña, Galicia, in northwestern Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: D.Rovchak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
June—September: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
October—May: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Ancient lighthouse in Spain
- Also known as: “Herkulesen Dorrea” and “Torre de Hércules”
- Address: Estrada da Torre de Hércules 1
Photo: Mancor66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aquarium Finisterrae and Beach of As Lapas.
Aquarium Finisterrae
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aquarium Finisterrae is an aquarium located in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is an interactive centre of the sciences of marine biology and oceanography. Aquarium Finisterrae is situated 350 metres southwest of Tower of Hercules.
Beach of As Lapas
Beach
Photo: Imxavitooh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beach of As Lapas is situated 240 metres south of Tower of Hercules.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monte Alto and A Pescaría.
San Roque de Fóra
Neighborhood
Photo: Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias, CC BY 2.0.
San Roque de Fóra is a neighborhood.
Tower of Hercules
- Categories: ancient lighthouse, monument, fortified tower, lighthouse, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.38594° or 43° 23′ 9″ northLongitude
-8.40652° or 8° 24′ 24″ westInception
1st centuryHeight
1 metre (3.3 feet)Open location code
8CMH9HPV+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 255916025OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tower of Hercules” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج هرقل”
- Arabic: “برج هِرَقْل”
- Armenian: “Հերակլեսի աշտարակ”
- Armenian: “Հերկուլեսի աշտարակ”
- Asturian: “Torre d’Hércules”
- Basque: “Herkulesen dorrea”
- Basque: “Herkulesen Dorrea”
- Belarusian: “Вежа Геркулеса”
- Bengali: “হারকিউলিসের মিনার”
- Breton: “Tour Herkules”
- Bulgarian: “Кула на Херкулес”
- Catalan: “Torre d’Hèrcules”
- Cebuano: “Tower of Hercules”
- Chinese: “埃库莱斯塔”
- Chinese: “埃库莱斯灯塔”
- Chinese: “埃庫萊斯塔”
- Chinese: “大力士塔”
- Chinese: “海格力斯塔”
- Chinese: “赫拉克利斯灯塔”
- Croatian: “Herkulesov toranj”
- Croatian: “Herkulov toranj”
- Czech: “Herkulova věž”
- Dutch: “Herculestoren”
- Dutch: “Toren van Hercules”
- Dutch: “Torre de Hercules”
- Dutch: “Torre de Hércules”
- Esperanto: “Turo de Herkulo”
- Finnish: “Herkuleen torni”
- Finnish: “Herkuleksen torni”
- Finnish: “Herkulesin torni”
- Finnish: “Torre de Hércules”
- French: “phare romain de La Corogne (Brigantium)”
- French: “tour d’Hercule”
- French: “Tour d’Hercule”
- Galician: “Faro de Brigantia”
- Galician: “Torre de Hercules”
- Galician: “Torre de Hércules”
- Georgian: “ჰერკულესის კოშკი”
- German: “Herkulesturm”
- German: “Torre de Hércules”
- Greek: “Πύργος του Ηρακλή”
- Hebrew: “מגדל הרקולס”
- Hindi: “हरक्यूलिस का टावर”
- Hungarian: “Herkules-torony”
- Indonesian: “Menara Hercules”
- Italian: “Faro di La Coruña”
- Italian: “Torre de Hércules”
- Italian: “Torre di Ercole”
- Italian: “Torre di Hércules”
- Japanese: “エルクレスの塔”
- Japanese: “ヘラクレスの塔”
- Korean: “헤라클레스 탑”
- Korean: “헤라클레스의 탑”
- Latin: “Pharus Brigantius”
- Latvian: “Herkulesa tornis”
- Lithuanian: “Heraklio bokštas”
- Macedonian: “Кулата на Херакле”
- Macedonian: “Хераклеова кула”
- Macedonian: “Херкулова кула”
- Malayalam: “ടവർ ഓഫ് ഹെർക്കുലസ്”
- Maltese: “Farum Brigantium”
- Maltese: “Torri ta’ Erkole”
- Maltese: “Torri ta’ Hercules”
- Panjabi: “ਹਰਕੂਲੀਜ਼ ਮੀਨਾਰ”
- Persian: “برج هرکول”
- Polish: “Torre de Hércules”
- Polish: “Wieża Herkulesa”
- Portuguese: “Torre de Hércules”
- Russian: “Башня Бреогана”
- Russian: “Башня Геракла”
- Russian: “Башня Геркулеса”
- Serbian: “Херкулов торањ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herkulesov toranj”
- Slovak: “Herkulova veža”
- Slovenian: “Herkulov stolp”
- Spanish: “Faro de Brigantia”
- Spanish: “Faro de hercules”
- Spanish: “Faro de hércules”
- Spanish: “Torre de Hercules”
- Spanish: “Torre de Hércules”
- Swedish: “Herkules torn”
- Swedish: “Herkulestornet”
- Swedish: “Tower of Hercules”
- Tamil: “எர்க்குலசு கோபுரம்”
- Tamil: “ஹெர்குலஸ் கோபுரம்”
- Turkish: “Herkül Kulesi”
- Ukrainian: “Вежа Геркулеса”
- Urdu: “ہرقل کا برج”
- Vietnamese: “Tháp Hércules”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Os Coitelos and As Seixas.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Retrato do rei Carlos III and Menhir Pentacefálico.
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